CLIMATE CHANGE/CONGRESS/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “The federal government is doing a worse job managing the problem of climate change under President Donald Trump, according to an investigation from the Government Accountability Office that included climate change on its High Risk List report on Wednesday [3-6-19]. This year’s High Risk List is a 293-page assessment of the threats facing the federal government, including such matters as cybersecurity and problems at the Department of Veterans Affairs. The GAO has been putting the list together since 1990 and delivers it to Congress every two years to make legislators aware of the programs that it considers most vulnerable to mismanagement, fraud, waste or abuse and most in need of fixing. Testifying Wednesday before the Senate Appropriations Homeland Security Subcommittee, GAO Comptroller General Eugene Louis Dodaro said that of the many areas that need improvement, ‘three areas have actually regressed,’ and limiting the federal government’s fiscal exposure by better managing climate change risks is one of them. Also in that category were the Environmental Protection Agency’s process for assessing and controlling toxic chemicals and NASA acquisition management.”
–Jen Christensen, “Climate change gets worse management under Trump, investigation finds,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, March 6, 2019 7:45 pm