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Trump's budget would cut $126 billion or 5 percent from non-defense federal government spending. Cuts would include doing away with the plug-in vehicle tax credit altogether, a credit that can give EV buyers up to $7,500 back on their federal tax bill.

On September 12, the U.S. Department of Energy announced up to $82 million in early-stage research in concentrating solar power and power electronics would be made available, despite Trump's 2018 budget request that the DOE's ARPA-E be eliminated.

Los Alamos - A fire broke out in mid-April in a building where plutonium cores of nuclear weapons are produced at the Los Alamos Nuclear Laboratory in New Mexico, prompting an inquiry into the lab's ability to operate safely.

Washington - The White House budget will be delivered to Congress on Tuesday, and as part of President Trump's plans to help balance the federal budget is a proposal to open the coastal plain (Area 1002) of Alaska’s Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

In a move to find enough funding for his defense budget and the building of his Great Wall, President Trump has slashed funding to the Environmental Protection Agency by 31 percent. This egregious move could cause irreparable harm to our estuaries.

President Trump defined himself as the "last shot" for coal country, igniting strong support in the Appalachian coal region, an area that has long suffered from poverty and dwindling coal jobs. But with his proposed budget, he writes Appalachia off.