Statement from Margie Alt, Director of the Climate Action Campaign, On the Release of the Trump Administration’s FY2027 Budget
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 3, 2026
CONTACT: Gabrielle Levy, Glevy@cacampaign.org, 562-673-6974
Statement from Margie Alt, Director of the Climate Action Campaign, On the Release of the Trump Administration’s FY2027 Budget
WASHINGTON – Climate Action Campaign director Margie Alt released the following statement in response to the release of the Trump Administration’s FY2027 federal budget that proposes slashing the EPA budget by by 52%:
“The President’s FY2027 budget is anything but a serious proposal. It is a declaration of who this administration is willing to let suffer and defines who they consider expendable and a reiteration of this President’s devotion to fossil fuel interests.
“This budget would slash the EPA budget by 52%, gutting the agency’s ability to protect the air our children breathe, the water our families drink, and the communities that already bear the worst of extreme weather and climate change. It is a deliberately callous choice to remove the protections that keep families safe, healthy, and shielded from the impacts of pollution and climate change.
“This is not just a continuation of last year’s rollbacks. It is an escalation of the Trump administration’s Polluters First Agenda and their assault on public health safeguards. Since January 2025, among other abuses, this administration has fired 600 National Weather Service staff, proposed eliminating critical climate research institutions, waived mercury pollution standards for 60 dirty power plants, and gutted the Clean Air Act. This budget is the Trump administration’s payback for their big oil, coal, and gas friends and contributors. It slashes resources for clean energy, it zeroes out environmental justice, and pushes oil, gas, and coal, at a time when prices for these energy sources are skyrocketing.
“Never before have we had an administration that so blatantly treats American lives as expendable, as proven by this budget. Congress must reject this inhumane budget in full. The American people deserve a federal government that protects them, not one that trades their health, their safety, and their futures for big oil, coal, and gas profits.”
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