Climate Progress at Risk as Government Shutdown Continues

This post was originally published on The Washington Informer

(WIB) – With the government shutdown in its third week and the reduction of regular operations due to hundreds of thousands of furloughed federal workers, environmental organizations are concerned about how this moment will halt progress toward a greener climate.

“The administration’s unwillingness to negotiate but rather prepare to use the shutdown as an opportunity to fire more federal workers and permanently destroy programs focused on protecting American families continues to demonstrate the cruelty with which Trump governs,” said Quentin Scott, federal policy director for the Chesapeake Climate Action Network (CCAN) Action Fund.

On Oct. 10, a court filing from the United States Office of Management and Budget stated that