Understanding the Budget

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October 5, 2017

What’s Tax “Reform” Got to Do with Science and Public Well-being?

Alden Meyer
Former Contributor

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July 13, 2017

How President Trump’s Proposed Budget Cuts Would Harm Early Career Scientists

Jacob Carter
Former Contributor

NIOSH

July 11, 2017

President Trump’s Budget Leaves Workers Behind

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

June 19, 2017

Heat Waves and Wildfires Signal Warnings about Climate Change (and Budget Cuts)

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

Photo: Michael Vadon/Wikimedia

June 19, 2017

Some Tough Questions for Rick Perry at DOE Budget Hearing

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

Photo courtesy National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration

June 14, 2017

This Summer’s Gulf “Dead Zone” Could Be Bigger Than Connecticut—and Trump’s Budget Cuts Would Make It Worse

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Pittsburgh, 1947, on the left; Pittsburgh, 1974, on the right. Sources: EPA

June 13, 2017

The EPA Budget Cuts Are A Direct Attack on Our Air, Water, and Health

Brenda Ekwurzel
Former Staff

Scott Pruitt testifies this week before the Senate for the first time as EPA administrator. Photo: Gage Skidmore/Flickr

June 12, 2017

Five Questions Scott Pruitt Should Answer at This Week's EPA Budget Hearing

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

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May 25, 2017

4 Ways President Trump’s Budget Takes Aim at FEMA and Disaster Preparedness

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

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May 24, 2017

On Bioenergy, Budgets, and Why Legislating Scientific Facts Is Never a Good Idea

Peter Frumhoff
Former Director of Science and Policy and Chief Climate Scientist

United Soybean Board/Flickr

May 24, 2017

The Trump Budget Is an Affront to Farmers (and All of Us)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

May 24, 2017

Trump’s Proposed Budget: A Wrecking Ball to Science

Ken Kimmell
Former President

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May 23, 2017

If It Ain’t Broke, Defund It: Trump’s Budget Writes Off SNAP—and With It His Supporters

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

May 22, 2017

Congress vs. Trump: Are the President’s Anti-Science Budget Priorities Headed for Another Defeat?

Rob Cowin
Former Contributor

Source: University of Maine.

May 16, 2017

Three Reasons Congress Should Support a Budget Increase for Organic Agriculture Research

Marcia DeLonge
Former Contributor

Photo: EPA

April 7, 2017

Here’s What the EPA Budget Cuts in a Leaked Memo Mean for Health and Environmental Justice

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

Des Moines Water Works

April 7, 2017

Americans Are Worried about Water Pollution (And They Should Be)

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Photo: Petra Bensted/CC BY (Flickr)

April 7, 2017

The Trump Administration and Children's Health: An Early Progress Report

Kathleen Rest
Former Executive Director

NVFEL sign Photo: EPA

April 6, 2017

What is EPA’s Vehicle Lab, and Why Should I Care How It’s Funded?

Dave Cooke
Senior Vehicles Analyst

April 3, 2017

Trump Administration Claims 'No Evidence' Afterschool Programs and Meals Work. Actually, There's Plenty.

Sarah Reinhardt
Former Contributor

US Department of Agriculture/Flickr

March 22, 2017

Trump’s "Skinny" Budget Would Starve Farmers of Support, Leave Kids and Seniors Hungry

Karen Perry Stillerman
Deputy Director

Photo: Tammy Anthony Baker/Wikimedia Commons

March 16, 2017

Budget Proposal Throws Coal Communities under the Bus

Jeremy Richardson
Former Contributor

Photos by Leroy Woodson and Frank Aleksandrowicz, NARA

March 15, 2017

Trump Administration Attacks Public Health Protections with Proposed Cuts to EPA Budget

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director

U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. James L. Harper Jr.

March 15, 2017

How to Make Disasters More Costly and Harmful: Cut FEMA’s Budget

Rachel Cleetus
Policy Director