Trump Orders EPA To ‘Zero Out’ Global Warming Programs

OMB also requested a 30 percent cut in grants to states and a 20 percent reduction in EPA’s workforce through buy-outs and layoffs. In total, President Donald Trump is calling for a roughly 25 percent cut to EPA’s budget — about $2 billion.

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Comment by Robert Powers on March 5, 2017 at 2:00pm

I agree...the work of most agencies should be done in the private sector....the federal employee unions are an obstacle....States should collect all taxes and the IRS needs to be eliminated (State's costs Reimbursed by treasury...)

The energy tax credits must be eliminated and let free market conditions prevail....the heavily paid lobbyists are the obstacles.

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on March 5, 2017 at 1:54pm

[Thought]

In that a lot of agencies are test or trial in the beginning, if they have value and serve a purpose to the people, they should be contracted out to the private sector with government oversight. Government is not suppose compete when other alternatives could be implemented. Though not all would be able to, many could. Maybe with competitive wages at a lower cost to the public. Some competing companies could lead to improvements of services or better cost efficiencies and de-politicalization. 

Comment by Robert Powers on March 5, 2017 at 1:44pm

Most agencies need to be put on what is called "Zero based budgeting"...which includes a plan to start with their "justification" for existance...with non-agency based oversight etc...) dollars and go from there...and a 3-6 month plan for elimination or reduction to their justified existence... if anything.  his will give (to be fair) a few months for employees to get re-employed, retrained, etc...

If this were done, most agencies would not exist...

Comment by Eric A. Tuttle on March 5, 2017 at 12:43pm

@Robert Powers: The military use to fund, defund its units in the same way as the government. First Justify the need, when done if the money was not spent it was returned though it was hard to justify it again when it was needed taking nearly 2-3 request cycles. Some of our military budget could be cut or reappropriated to better use. It is the Method of appropriations that creates wasteful spending. 

Comment by Penny Gray on March 5, 2017 at 12:23pm

Yes, DOE should be on chopping block next.  Every department should face the same scrutiny.  Cut the wasteful spending and trim the budgets.  Efficiency in energy AND government.

Comment by Robert Powers on March 5, 2017 at 12:05pm

As a former Federal employee, I agree with this 100%.  We were literally ordered to justify spending increases, budgets and staffing plans based on global warming/climate change....with NO justification except to increase staffing & funding.....made me angry....it is about time to correct this!  

Comment by Willem Post on March 4, 2017 at 5:41pm
The EPA has been in mission creep for decades sticking their noses into every one' s business.
Trump will put a stop to it and reverse it.
Same with NASA
Comment by Barbara Durkin on March 3, 2017 at 2:45pm

YEAH!!!!!

Comment by Willem Post on March 3, 2017 at 2:24pm

The Department of Energy should be next, as it wasted at least $10 billion in grants to build concentrated solar power, CSP, systems in the US southwest.

Much of that money was handed to foreign companies

None of these systems have met their design specifications regarding production.

 

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Maine Center For Public Interest Reporting – Three Part Series: A CRITICAL LOOK AT MAINE’S WIND ACT

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(excerpts) From Part 1 – On Maine’s Wind Law “Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine if the law’s goals were met." . – Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, August 2010 https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-power-bandwagon-hits-bumps-in-the-road-3/From Part 2 – On Wind and Oil Yet using wind energy doesn’t lower dependence on imported foreign oil. That’s because the majority of imported oil in Maine is used for heating and transportation. And switching our dependence from foreign oil to Maine-produced electricity isn’t likely to happen very soon, says Bartlett. “Right now, people can’t switch to electric cars and heating – if they did, we’d be in trouble.” So was one of the fundamental premises of the task force false, or at least misleading?" https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/wind-swept-task-force-set-the-rules/From Part 3 – On Wind-Required New Transmission Lines Finally, the building of enormous, high-voltage transmission lines that the regional electricity system operator says are required to move substantial amounts of wind power to markets south of Maine was never even discussed by the task force – an omission that Mills said will come to haunt the state.“If you try to put 2,500 or 3,000 megawatts in northern or eastern Maine – oh, my god, try to build the transmission!” said Mills. “It’s not just the towers, it’s the lines – that’s when I begin to think that the goal is a little farfetched.” https://www.pinetreewatchdog.org/flaws-in-bill-like-skating-with-dull-skates/

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Hannah Pingree on the Maine expedited wind law

Hannah Pingree - Director of Maine's Office of Innovation and the Future

"Once the committee passed the wind energy bill on to the full House and Senate, lawmakers there didn’t even debate it. They passed it unanimously and with no discussion. House Majority Leader Hannah Pingree, a Democrat from North Haven, says legislators probably didn’t know how many turbines would be constructed in Maine."

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