The Department of Energy is closing its Office of International Climate and Technology and will eliminate its 11 staff positions, according to a New York Times report Thursday.
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Department of Energy to close climate technology office and eliminate 11 positions
"The Department is looking for ways to eliminate this kind of unnecessary duplication — just like any responsible American business would."
The small office first opened in 2010 and has worked with other countries in order to develop clean energy technology and reduce greenhouse gases.
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"Willfully ignoring the climate crisis is recklessly and unnecessarily dangerous for families and communities across the country, and it’s clear that Trump will stop at nothing to completely isolate the United States and irreparably damage our reputation with the rest of the world,” John Coequyt, global climate policy director at the Sierra Club, said in The Hill.
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