House slashes funding for clean energy, restores funding for fossil fuelresearch

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

The House of Representatives voted Thursday to approve a large spending bill for fiscal year 2018 that slashes clean energy spending and approves keeping fossil fuel research at current levels.

In a spending package known as the “minibus,” the House voted to set the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy’s (EERE) budget at $1.1 billion, a 45 percent cut from the office’s fiscal 2017 budget of more than $2 billion. The Trump administration requested an even bigger cut for the Department of Energy office that would have lowered its budget to to $636 million, or 70 percent, below the 2017 budget.

The funding measure passed 235–192, with five Democrats voting for, five Republicans voting against, and six representatives abstaining. It still needs approval from the Senate before it passes into law — a thin possibility, given the largely partisan House vote.

Rep. David McKinley (R-WV) succeeded in getting an amendment passed that restored the government’s fossil fuel research funding to the FY17 level of $668 million. The Trump administration had sought a 55 percent cut in the DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy Research and Development.

https://thinkprogress.org/house-slashes-funding-for-clean-energy-in-spending-bill-3e656aef1074

[gtar100]

1. Stupid people are in charge of our collective money. Case in point...this.

This flies in the face of public opinion on what we want as a people. Yet a minority of wealthy people (too stupid to care about the future) again gets its way and gives the middle finger to us and our children. Stupid, stupid, stupid.

[procon]

2. Since he's rolling back time, let's have some funding for draft horses.

At least they're beautiful to look at. How about those candle makers, maybe they'd like some govt cash too.