"President Donald Trump is making another attempt to slash federal funding that goes toward cleaning up major U.S. waterways including the Great Lakes and Chesapeake Bay, even though Congress has thwarted his previous attempts, according to budget documents released Monday."
"The White House fiscal 2020 budget for the Interior Department would prioritize funds for a departmentwide reorganization as well as for land and wildfire management."
"President Trump has proposed to slash EPA's budget by nearly a third. The White House today released its budget plan for fiscal 2020, and again the Trump administration has taken aim at the federal government's agency guarding the environment and public health."
"As infrastructure talks progress on Capitol Hill, Democrats are calling for any legislative package to address climate change."
"President Trump will propose today a fiscal 2020 budget that will seek across-the-board cuts for energy and environmental programs and renew a border wall funding fight that sparked a lengthy government shutdown earlier this year."
"Two plans gaining traction would both put a price on fossil fuel pollution and send revenue back to taxpayers as dividends. Only one has big oil companies on board."
"The Trump administration is again seeking severe cuts to the U.S. Energy Department division charged with renewable energy and energy efficiency research, according to a department official familiar with the plan."
"Three decades ago, congressional auditors slammed an obscure EPA policy for effectively allowing companies to circumvent air pollution control requirements. But the policy, which defines "ambient air" for regulatory purposes, remained in place. Now, at industry's prompting, the Trump administration is poised to dramatically expand its scope."
"As the Trump administration races to roll back Obama’s most ambitious climate rule, it lobbies to get industry on board".
"The cutting and disposal of a dozen mature trees into the Potomac River nearly two weeks ago at the Trump National Golf Course violated Loudoun County’s zoning ordinance, the county said, and could cost the organization at least $600."
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