"In a victory for the Obama administration, the spending package released by congressional leaders on Wednesday won’t block American financial contributions to an international climate fund for poorer nations.
The bill, greens and Democrats say, doesn’t explicitly appropriate funding for President Obama’s pledged contribution to the Green Climate Fund (GCF). But since the legislation doesn’t formally block money for the GCF either, Obama is expected to be able to use current discretionary funding streams to send American money to it.
'Based on what we have reviewed so far, there are no restrictions on our ability to make good on the president’s pledge to contribute to the Green Climate Fund,' White House press secretary Josh Earnest said on Wednesday."
Devin Henry reports for The Hill December 16, 2015.
SEE ALSO:
Omnibus Includes Three-Year Revival of Land and Water Conservation Fund (Missoulian)
"Advocates Win Labels for GMO 'Frankenfish'" (The Hill)
"Spending Bill Keeps EPA Funding Flat in 2016" (The Hill)
"Investment Tax Credit Extension Would Increase US Solar Installations 54% Through 2020" (Greentech Media)
"Expected Repeal of Oil Export Ban Unlikely to Have Immediate Impact" (New York Times)
"The Huge Political Horse Trade in the Budget That Will Change Where the U.S. Gets Its Energy" (Washington Post)
"Critics Seethe Over End To Oil Export Ban" (The Hill)
"Congress Keeps Anti-GMO Labeling Rider Out of Spending Bill" (Ecowatch/Center for Food Safety)
"Omnibus Budget Bill Poised To Bring Early Holiday Cheer To National Park Service " (National Parks Traveler)
"Sweeping Energy Deal Set for Spending Bill" (Politico)
"Oil Exports, Cybersecurity, Weed: Here's What Was Shoved Into The Budget Deal" (Talking Points Memo)
"Victory for Wildlife: Congress Strikes An Omnibus Funding Deal Free of Catastrophic Anti-Endangered Species Act Riders" (Defenders of Wildlife)
"A Net Neutrality Win --- and a Potential Blow to Privacy" (FreePress)
"It’s All Down Hill in Congress as It Eyes Lifting Capitol Hill Sledding Ban" (McClatchy)
"Wolf Provision Left Out of Massive Congressional Budget Bill" (AP)
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