Bloomberg | By: Ari Natter | November 22, 2017:
Hidden in the Trump administration’s $44 billion emergency budget request is a plan to expand an Obama-era effort to make cities and towns resilient to the more frequent storms tied to climate change.
The White House budget office is seeking $12 billion for a competition for flood-prone communities that scientists say are facing more numerous storms and greater flooding because of climate change.
“Given the Trump administration’s position of climate change, and its apparent rejection of the basic science behind it, it’s surprising to see a $12 billion proposal for creating greater resilience,” Joel Scata, an attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council. The New York-based environmental group has fought Trump’s efforts to reverse climate rules, but praised this idea.
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