EPA’s FY 2011 Budget Proposal Includes $43 Million to Address Climate Change

For Immediate Release: February 4, 2010
For more information contact EESI at (202) 662-1892 or climate [at] eesi.org.

The President’s FY 11 budget request for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is $10 billion, a decrease of approximately $300 million (three percent decrease from FY 10 appropriations). EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson indicated that the slight cut in EPA funds for FY 11 are in response to the President’s call to streamline agency operations through targeted program investments. The Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reporting Registry increased to $20.8 million, an increase of approximately $4 million, as EPA prepares to implement its GHG endangerment finding under the Clean Air Act. In addition, the President has requested $30 million in new funds to support developing and deploying the technical capacity to address GHGs, with $25 million of those funds in state grants. The popular Energy STAR program is slated to receive $55.5 million, an increase of $3 million from FY 10 appropriations.