Budget deal marks latest surrender to Trump, GOP

Friends of the Earth condemns a two-year US budget deal that increases the Pentagon budget by $160 billion while providing only $128 billion for social and environmental spending, alongside tax subsidies for fossil fuels and biomass.

• The budget deal breaks the principle of parity between defense and non-defense spending by allocating $160 billion more to the Pentagon than the $128 billion increase for social and environmental spending.
• The agreement includes tax subsidies for the fossil fuel and dirty biomass industries, which the author characterizes as corporate handouts.
• There is a concern that the subsequent omnibus spending bill could be used to reduce funding for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) programs, which are already at near historic lows.

APA

Lugg, A. (2018). Budget deal marks latest surrender to Trump, GOP. Friends of the Earth. https://foe.org/uncategorized/budget-deal-marks-latest-surrender-trump-gop/

Chicago

Lugg, Adam. Budget deal marks latest surrender to Trump, GOP. Friends of the Earth, 2018. https://foe.org/uncategorized/budget-deal-marks-latest-surrender-trump-gop/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{lugg2018budget, author = {Lugg, Adam}, title = {{Budget deal marks latest surrender to Trump, GOP}}, publisher = {Friends of the Earth}, year = {2018}, month = feb, url = {https://foe.org/uncategorized/budget-deal-marks-latest-surrender-trump-gop/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }