The US Congress has cut the budget of the American Environmental Protection Agency by 16%, with especial cuts to programs to fight climate change and pollution of air and water. Other agencies with environmental mandates, such as the National Ocean Administration, also saw large cuts, such as the elimination of the National Climate Service. However, subsidies for oil and gas and ethanol production were untouched.
The last time we saw anything like this was the US Common Sense Revolution led by Newt Gringrich, which Mike Harris brought to Ontario 16 years ago.