The Trump administration’s proposed budget for fiscal year (FY) 2027 calls for cutting funding for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) by about $4.6 billion, roughly half of the agency’s budget, and for cutting EPA grant funding by $1 billion. The cuts would primarily affect research and development, climate change, and state funding programs.
The proposed budget preserves $277 million for legally required research and development while calling for “an end to unrestrained research grants, woke environmental justice work, radical climate research, and skewed, overly-precautionary modeling that influences regulations.” The proposed cuts mirror those requested by the Trump administration for FY2026 last year, which were largely rejected by Congress, which passed a final budget that included a 3.5% reduction in EPA funding compared to FY2025.