Obama Budget Digs in on Climate, Energy Priorities

President Obama's new spending wish list underscores his plans to plow ahead with ambitious and costly climate, energy and infrastructure policies -- and sets the stage for another year of fierce budget battles with congressional Republicans.

Tucked into Obama's nearly $4 trillion request to fund the federal government in fiscal 2016 are a $4 billion fund to prod states to cut power plants' greenhouse gas emissions, a proposal to funnel $7.4 billion toward clean energy investments and a plan to shell out nearly $500 billion over six years on infrastructure projects.

Obama's wish list has already come under attack by his critics on Capitol Hill and will likely bear little resemblance to spending legislation that ultimately emerges from the GOP-led Congress.  But it serves as an opening salvo for this year's spending fight and signals how Obama plans to dig in on climate and energy issues during his last two years in office.

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