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Departments of Interior and Energy Face Deep Cuts in Trump's 2021 Budget
The White House is proposing deep budget cuts for the Interior and Energy departments, according to the fiscal 2021 budget request.
The White House budget request would reduce spending at the Energy Department by 8 percent and cut 16 percent from the Department of the Interior's budget.
The proposed spending reductions mark the latest effort by the administration to chip away at government agencies focused on science, the environment and public lands.
The Interior Department, which includes the Bureau of Land Management, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and other agencies, is targeted for massive cuts.
The Interior Department’s budget would cut funding for major agencies including the Bureau of Land Management, which would lose about $144 million in funding, the Fish and Wildlife Service, which would lose about $265 million in funds and the National Park Service, which would lose about $581 million in funds compared to the 2020 budget passed by Congress...
... slashing funds for federal land acquisition for the Interior and Agriculture departments from $227 million to just $18 million, a 92 percent cut... also slash the recently reauthorized Land and Water Conservation Fund by nearly 97 percent.
Trump's budget proposes $35.4 billion for the Energy Department, marking an 8 percent cut from current funding.
Within the Department of Energy, Trump again proposed eliminating the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, which researches energy technology.
It also aims to reduce funding for energy research and development programs by nearly half, from about $5.3 billion to $2.8 billion.
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