Sentences with phrase «slash agency funding»

And Trump's fiscal 2018 discretionary budget proposal, which would slash agency funding, would «gut» agency science, he said.

Not exact matches

In Quebec, for instance, public low - income housing agencies estimate that a recent cut in funding slashed their repair budgets by 30 %.

In recent months, Harper has withdrawn Canada from the Kyoto protocol on greenhouse gas emissions, slashed funding for scientific agencies and muzzled government scientists, all while promoting tar sands as a healthy addition to the world's energy mix.

Among other proposals, the budget would slash of one - third of Environmental Protection Agency's discretionary budget, totally eliminate the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and the National Endowment for the Arts, and end the grants that currently fund food assistance to the elderly via Meals on Wheels.

Deeply cut the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), whose dollars go toward protecting our drinking water, open space and recycling; Close state parks and campgrounds and slash staffing levels at our environmental enforcement agencies; and Steal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Fund, which was set up to invest in our clean - energy economy, not serve as a piggy bank for politicians.»

The Trump administration is considering drastically slashing several national security agency budgets to fund the president's long - promised border wall, according to a leaked budget draft.

Trump's budget proposal, revealed earlier this month, contains a 31 percent cut in E.P.A. funding, a reduction that will slash 3,200 staffers, bringing the agency to the lowest levels in three decades.

It also slashes funding for Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's agency by 28 percent.

Playing catch - up without a plan The White House budget request for 2011 included enough money to support roughly 1,600 JPSS staffers, but the agency could only afford to pay about 800 staffers last year because Congress slashed funding for the program.

Congress also rejected the president's proposal to slash funding for the Advanced Research Projects Agency — Energy (ARPA - E), which pursues risky research that could yield major advances.

The United States Senate appropriations committee is set to approve a NASA budget for 2010 that mirrors President Barack Obama's $ 18.7 billion request for the agency, setting up a fight with the House of Representatives, which slashed $ 212 million from the funds sought by NASA for its human exploration program.

A White House document leaked this week suggests that, along with seeking to slash the EPA's overall budget, the Trump administration will also propose a sharp decrease in research funding and a 20 % reduction in the agency's staff of 15,000.

It is worth noting in this context that the Trump Administration intends to make a 30 % cut in the EPA's budget and has already slashed funding to the Chemical Safety Board, two of the key regulatory agencies whose responsibility it is to minimize and understand chemical risks.»

This slight boost in funding comes despite a presidential proposal to slash federal support to the two agencies in 2019.

As a result of funding cuts, in 2012, the agency slashed some monitoring from aircraft and ground stations.

They explain how the Green Revolution faltered after Western governments and agencies slashed funds for agricultural research, partly to shift money to other areas, like environmental projects, and partly because of opposition to high - yield agriculture from advocacy groups.

Furthermore, the budget slashes funding for the Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Program's inland oil spill preparedness program by 80 percent, and cuts another $ 11 million from BLM as the agency aims to limit new cleanup efforts at abandoned coal mines, promising to remediate only the highest threats to clean water and public health.

Budget Battle, Part I: President Obama's Budget Would Invest in Energy Innovation Budget Battle, Part II: House GOP Budget Proposal Slashes Energy Innovation Investments Budget Battle, Part III: Senate Democrats» Aim to Invest in Clean Energy, Innovation, Infrastructure The House Republican's Continuing Resolution proposal to fund the government through the rest of Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11, ending Sept. 30) would slash energy innovation investments across federal agencies.