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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is shutting down a program at its headquarters that helps states and localities adapt to the effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels.
An EPA official said a team of four staffers within the EPA’s policy office who had worked on the adaptation responsibilities are being reassigned.
It’s part of the EPA’s shift away from climate change programs, which President Trump previewed last month in his first budget request.
Trump proposed eliminating major climate programs as part of a 31 percent cut to the EPA’s budget, though those changes would not be effective until later this year, if Congress approved them.
Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, told reporters last month that Trump does not believe climate is a worthwhile cause for federal spending.
“It was redundant. A lot of the regions are already doing a lot of this work,” the official said.
“This is not something that should be controlled from inside Washington, D.C. This is something that the regions themselves know how to deal with, and have been dealing with the entire time.”
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/327854-epa-shutting-climate-adaptation-program
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"Elections have consequences" - Barack Hussein Obama, 2009
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is shutting down a program at its headquarters that helps states and localities adapt to the effects of climate change, such as rising sea levels.
An EPA official said a team of four staffers within the EPA’s policy office who had worked on the adaptation responsibilities are being reassigned.
It’s part of the EPA’s shift away from climate change programs, which President Trump previewed last month in his first budget request.
Trump proposed eliminating major climate programs as part of a 31 percent cut to the EPA’s budget, though those changes would not be effective until later this year, if Congress approved them.
Mick Mulvaney, director of the White House’s Office of Management and Budget, told reporters last month that Trump does not believe climate is a worthwhile cause for federal spending.
“It was redundant. A lot of the regions are already doing a lot of this work,” the official said.
“This is not something that should be controlled from inside Washington, D.C. This is something that the regions themselves know how to deal with, and have been dealing with the entire time.”
http://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/327854-epa-shutting-climate-adaptation-program
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"Elections have consequences" - Barack Hussein Obama, 2009
