Trump Releases Proposed Budget for FY 2018

President Trump released a proposed budget for FY 2018 which includes significant cuts to climate change and clean energy programs. Some of the largest cuts include:

• A 31% reduction in funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (from $8.2 to $5.6 billion)
• A 68% reduction in funding to the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (from $2 billion to $636 million)
• A 48% reduction in funding to EPA’s Office of Science and Technology: Clean Air and Global Climate Change program (from $259 to $135 million)
• A 35% reduction in funding to EPA’s Environmental Programs and Management: Clean Air and Global Climate Change (from $474 to $310 million)

These cuts are detailed in the budget appendix.