The recent budget proposal by the Trump administration seeking over $2 billion in cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the next five years has caused outcry among environmentalists. The proposal includes eliminating grants for state and local projects as well as limiting air and water pollution research. This proposal follows President Trump’s decision to eliminate from the EPA’s website, studies that linked climate change to greater natural disasters. According to a report in The Washington Post, the move is meant to halt the production of what it called “secret science”, shifting the agency’s reliance to “transparent” science instead. Meanwhile, agencies like the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were promised increases in their budgets, possibly indicating a focus on human health issues over environmental protection. Whether the moves will actually occur remains unclear as Congress still needs to formally approve the budget proposal.
To summarize:
– Trump administration’s budget proposal seeks over $2 billion in cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) over the next five years.
– Grants for state and local projects are being eliminated, as well as limiting air and water pollution research.
– President Trump has eliminated from the EPA’s website, studies that linked climate change to greater natural disasters.
– The proposal is meant to halt the production of what it called “secret science”, shifting the agency’s reliance to “transparent” science instead.
– Human health issues are being prioritized over environmental protection, with the National Institutes of Health and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention promised increases in their budgets.
– Whether the moves will actually occur remains unclear as Congress still needs to formally approve the budget proposal.
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