Here’s What the New Omnibus Budget Means for Climate and Energy Policy

Earlier this week, lawmakers dropped a $1.1 trillion bill to fund the federal government’s discretionary spending through the rest of fiscal year 2014.  The omnibus budget represents a bipartisan compromise aimed at relieving some of the sequester cuts, while also extending funding that would’ve run out this week, and holding off another government shutdown brawl until at least September. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK), a senior member of the House Appropriations Committee, told the Washington Post that he expects most Congressional members from both parties to vote in favor of the budget.

For environmental and climate concerns, the omnibus budget brings a variety of changes for both good and ill.

Here’s What the New Omnibus Budget Means for Climate and Energy Policy