Climate Programs That May Get Gutted By The Trump Administration

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On Monday, the Office of Management and Budget issued a memo ordering a temporary freeze on nearly $3 trillion in federal grants and funding. While a federal judge temporarily blocked the order the following day, and the White House rescinded the memo in turn, the memo caused concern among organizations dependent on federal dollars and highlighted hundreds of major government programs that may now be under extra scrutiny by the Trump administration.

 

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The memo included a list of more than 2,500 programs that the Trump administration is placing under review to ensure that federal resources are not being used to “advance Marxist equity, transgenderism, and green new deal social engineering policies,” per the original document. The list of programs now under scrutiny includes dozens of agencies focusing on climate change, energy efficiency, weather hazard mitigation, and other green initiatives. A list of the biggest climate-related programs in the memo could outline future tensions between the fast-growing green energy sector and the Trump administration.

 

To determine the biggest climate-related programs that may be under scrutiny by the Trump administration, Climate Crisis 247 reviewed spreadsheet data from the Office of Management and Budget. Climate-related programs highlighted as being under review by the Trump administration were ranked based on annual obligation totals for the most recent fiscal year.

14. Office for Coastal Management

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  • Funding: $791.0 million
  • Department: Department of Commerce
  • Program focus: Coastal resilience, marine ecosystems, climate adaptation
 

13. Renewable Energy Research and Development

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  • Funding: $1.1 billion
  • Department: Department of Energy
  • Program focus: Wind, solar, bioenergy, clean energy innovation
 

12. Environmental and Scientific Partnerships and Programs

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  • Funding: $1.2 billion
  • Department: Department of State
  • Program focus: Environmental research, scientific collaboration, policy development
 

11. Inflation Reduction Act Urban & Community Forestry Program

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  • Funding: $1.2 billion
  • Department: Department of Agriculture
  • Program focus: Urban forestry, climate resilience, tree planting
 

10. Livestock Forage Disaster Program

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  • Funding: $1.3 billion
  • Department: Department of Agriculture
  • Program focus: Agricultural disaster relief, drought response, livestock aid
 

9. Hazard Mitigation Grant

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  • Funding: $2.3 billion
  • Department: Department of Homeland Security
  • Program focus: Disaster resilience, flood prevention, infrastructure protection
 

8. Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation

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  • Funding: $2.7 billion
  • Department: Department of Labor
  • Program focus: Worker health, compensation, hazardous workplace exposure
 

7. State Energy Program

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  • Funding: $2.8 billion
  • Department: Department of Energy
  • Program focus: Energy efficiency, renewable energy, state-level energy initiatives
 

6. Flood Insurance

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  • Funding: $3.6 billion
  • Department: Department of Homeland Security
  • Program focus: Disaster preparedness, flood risk management, property protection
 

5. Environmental Quality Incentives Program

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  • Funding: $3.6 billion
  • Department: Department of Agriculture
  • Program focus: Water quality, soil conservation, sustainable agriculture
 

4. Low-Income Home Energy Assistance

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  • Funding: $4.1 billion
  • Department: Department of Health and Human Services
  • Program focus: Energy affordability, home heating and cooling, utility assistance
 

3. Grid Infrastructure Deployment and Resilience

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  • Funding: $4.3 billion
  • Department: Department of Energy
  • Program focus: Energy grid modernization, power reliability, climate resilience
 

2. Federal Loan Guarantees for Innovative Energy Technologies

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  • Funding: $11.1 billion
  • Department: Department of Energy
  • Program focus: Clean energy, technological innovation, energy financing
 

1. Public Assistance for Presidentially Declared Disasters

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  • Funding: $30.4 billion
  • Department: Department of Homeland Security
  • Program focus: Disaster recovery, emergency aid, infrastructure repair
 

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