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Abrupt policy changes put US climate spending in chaos
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Even among people who track federal spending closely, there is widespread uncertainty about what the US government is going to fund.
PHOTO: ANDREW TESTA/NYTIMES
David Gelles
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Over the past four years, during the Biden administration, the United States started spending ever-greater sums on efforts to blunt global warming and help communities adapt to a hotter world. Many analysts expected the total tab for this work to exceed US$1 trillion (S$1.37 trillion) over the next decade.
But in a matter of days, President Donald Trump has thrown much of that spending into question, though how much money is affected is unclear. Some funds are frozen. Some projects are paused. And while a portion of that money is already out the door, there is an acute sense of uncertainty among people doing climate-related work that relies on government funding and approvals.
