in almost every form. we re going to have little tidbits left. reporter: proposing slashing the budget by almost a third, but the senate said, no. on energy and the environment i think president trump is further ahead in fulfilling campaign promises than any other area. this is a recipe for killing more people. making more people sick. and leaving the tremendous damage that climate change is beginning to cause to just multiply. reporter: after a year of devastating hurricanes and wildfires, a federal report warns climate change is already costing the u.s. billions of dollars. today climate change disappeared from the epa s website and last month three government scientists can barred from presenting climate change research. what happens when science a silenced? we lose. big time. and we get set back, too. you don t just flip a switch and
and the week-long look at just how government has changed in the year since president trump s election. you know what it says, right? you re going back to work. this is a very different kind of environmental protection, the president making good on his promise to roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules that kept coal waste out of water waste and required stronger flood standards for infrastructure. he tried to downsize the agency. we are going to get rid of it in almost every form. we re going to have little tidbits left. proposing slashing the budget by almost a third but congress said no. free market advocate and climate change activist led trump s epa transition team.
tidbits left. reporter: proposing slashing the budget by almost one-third but congress said no. free market advocate and climate change skeptic led trump s epa transition team. on energy and the environment, i think president trump is further ahead in fulfilling his campaign promises than in any other area. this is a recipe for killing more people, making more people sick and leaving the tremendous damage that climate change is beginning to cause to just multip multiply. reporter: after a year of devastating hurricanes and wildfires, a federal report warns climate change is already costing the u.s. billions of dollars. today climate change has disappeared from the epa s website and last month, three government scientists were barred from presenting climate change research. what happens when science is silenced? we lose. big time. and we get set back, too. you don t just flip a switch and start science up again.