{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Kabul Press","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.kabulpress.org","title":"State Department Funds Energy Assistance Overseas While Funding is Cut at Home","author_name":"Matthew J. Nasuti (Former U.S. Air Force Captain)","width":"600","height":"400","url":"https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article57097.html","html":"\u003Ch4 class='title'\u003E\u003Ca href='https:\/\/mail.bamyanpress.com\/article57097.html'\u003EState Department Funds Energy Assistance Overseas While Funding is Cut at Home\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/h4\u003E\u003Cblockquote class='spip'\u003E\n\u003Cp\u003EPresident Obama\u2019s current Fiscal Year 2011, budget sets aside $1.9 billion for State Department \u201cclimate change\u201d programs.  This included $200 million for \u201cclean energy,\u201d $100 million for \u201cglobal engagement,\u201d $90 million for a \u201cpilot program for climate resilience\u201d and $1 billion contribution for a United Nations program called REDD+ to fight deforestation. \n\u003Cbr class='autobr' \/\u003E\nThis is a stunning 38% increase in funding from the State Department\u2019s FY 2010, climate change budget.  That budget was itself a 300% (\u2026)\u003C\/p\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n"}