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December 21, 2016

Trump Team Asks State Dept. for Details of Funding to Environmental Groups
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President-elect Donald Trump's transition team has asked the State
Department's Bureau of Oceans, Environment and Science for information
on its funding of international environmental groups. The move has
sparked concern the new administration will slash funding for climate
change programs. Last week, widespread outrage forced Trump's transition
team to back away from a 74-part questionnaire it had circulated within
the Department of Energy requesting the names of employees working on
specific climate-related projects-a move many called the creation of an
"enemies list."


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