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Trump Seeks ‘Massive’ EPA Cuts to Climate Programs to Boost Military Spending

Trump Seeks ‘Massive’ EPA Cuts to Climate Programs to Boost Military Spending

President Trump will substantially slash funding to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help increase military spending in his first budget plan, the New York Times and Axios reported Sunday. Clean Power Plan, Clean Water Rule & federal coal leasing moratorium at stake under #Trump. @maryannehitt explains: https://t.co/xZFMtYpZEV — Sierra Club (@SierraClub) February 27, […]

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    Trump Seeks ‘Massive’ EPA Cuts to Climate Programs to Boost Military Spending

    Trump Seeks ‘Massive’ EPA Cuts to Climate Programs to Boost Military Spending

    President Trump will substantially slash funding to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to help increase military spending in his first budget plan, the New York Times and Axios reported Sunday. Clean Power Plan, Clean Water Rule & federal coal leasing moratorium at stake under #Trump. @maryannehitt explains: https://t.co/xZFMtYpZEV — Sierra Club (@SierraClub) February 27, […]

    Michael Mann: It’s Open Season on Climate Scientists

    Michael Mann: It’s Open Season on Climate Scientists

    I coined the term “Serengeti Strategy” in my 2012 book The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars. It’s meant to describe how industry special interests and their patrons in power single out individual researchers or teams of scientists for attack, in much the same way lions of the Serengeti single out an individual zebra from […]

    3 Reasons Trump’s EPA Pick Can’t Be Trusted With Climate Science

    3 Reasons Trump’s EPA Pick Can’t Be Trusted With Climate Science

    By Scott Weaver As a climate scientist I’ve been trained to base my conclusions strictly on scientific evidence and not on politics. This is why I find it so troubling that President Trump’s pick for the top job at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) openly misrepresented scientific data during his confirmation process. Trump's EPA […]