Despite all the stewardship rhetoric from the former oil and gas lobbyist leading the Interior Department, the Trump administration’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2021 would cut funding for conservation, parks, endangered species, and climate change research while bolstering fossil fuel production on public lands. The budget calls for a 16 percent cut across the department’s budget, and individual agency cuts would cripple America’s land managers, opening the door for more drilling and mining.
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Trump Administration’s latest budget reflects anti-conservation values
Feb 25, 2020
Issue: Conservation Funding, Oil & Gas
Subject: Interior, Lobbying & Politics
By Center for Western Priorities
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