Today, President Biden released top-line spending numbers for departments and federal agencies that will prioritize funding for climate change, renewable energy projects and wildlife conservation measures. The budget proposal will also include initial details of the administration’s infrastructure plan.
“After four years of drastic funding cuts to wildlife conservation programs, today’s budget proposal is a welcome change from the past administration,” said Robert Dewey, vice president for government relations, Defenders of Wildlife. “As species are being lost faster than ever before in human history, Defenders of Wildlife urges the Biden administration to prioritize funding for endangered species, climate change work and environmental justice. We applaud the administration for not requesting additional funding for construction of the border wall which harms borderland communities and imperiled wildlife. We urge the administration to take the next step and begin work to remove the wall and remediate the damage inflicted on the borderlands and border communities.”
It is expected that President Biden will release his FY22 federal budget within the upcoming weeks and today’s release is a blueprint of what we can expect to be included.
For nearly 80 years, Defenders of Wildlife has worked to protect and restore America’s wildlife at risk of extinction, advancing a vision of a future in which wildlife thrives, sustained by broad public support and a resilient network of healthy lands and waters. With a network of more than 2 million supporters, Defenders is an advocate for innovative solutions to safeguard wildlife for generations to come. To learn more, please visit https://defenders.org/newsroom or follow us on Instagram @defendersofwildlife.
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