budget
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The climate policy milestone that was buried in the 2020 budget
This is the first time the government has funded research into schemes to engineer the climate.
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Trump’s proposed cuts to weather research could make it much harder to prepare for storms
The cuts would cripple NOAA’s ability to keep afloat its satellites and data-gathering activities, affecting those depending on it when planning for snowstorms and hurricanes.
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Trump’s plot to shrink the EPA isn’t going as planned
But the agency still faces other threats.
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An unlikely resistance surges against Trump’s clean water threats
Legislators set aside partisan politics to protect the Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay, and other regional cleanup efforts.
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Trump’s executive order hurts local climate action, too
Halting federal efforts is only the tip of the iceberg.
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The EPA accidentally said that Trump’s climate plan is “reckless” and “irresponsible”
Someone at the agency messed up in the best way possible.
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Why we need to fix our crumbling roads, not build new ones
Past transportation spending has mostly been directed to construction rather than repairs. Here's why that doesn't make much sense.
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9-year-old’s lemonade stand raises over $3,000 for Detroit parks
Due to Detroit's budget gap, the park in Joshua Smith's neighborhood was full of tall grass and trash. Instead of moping and watching TV, the 9-year-old took matters into his own hands.
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11 important clean energy provisions in Obama’s budget proposal
By including investments in clean energy and efficiency that will create jobs and save taxpayers money, the president has proposed a budget for the 99%.