The republican controlled congress rejected both suggestions providing over three times more money.
Trump proposes cuts to climate and clean energy programs.
Under the trump proposal.
Research and development in clean cars and renewable energy would be slashed more than 70 percent nasa climate programs would be cut and epa would lose 31 percent.
President donald trump s 2020 proposed budget calls for deep cuts in the agency as well as other climate and clean.
One of the deepest cuts would slash funding for the department.
How americans think about climate change in six maps.
The trump administration released its proposed 2019 budget on monday.
Trump who rejects the scientific consensus regarding climate change and repeatedly vowed to zero out federal spending on clean energy research and development r d as a candidate proposed similarly dramatic cuts to eere s budget in both his fiscal year 2018 and fiscal year 2019 proposals.
Trump s budget proposal seeks to eliminate nearly all international investments in climate change and clean energy cutting vital programs that protect the most vulnerable from climate impacts.
President trump s proposed budget for fiscal 2021 calls for significant reductions to environmental programs at federal agencies including a 26 percent cut to the environmental protection.
The trump administration s latest budget proposal would radically reduce new spending on federal programs for advancing clean energy.