{"id":69448,"date":"2025-03-20T18:01:23","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T18:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2025\/03\/20\/gop-lawmakers-suggest-dod-cut-climate-change-initiatives-from-budget\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T01:20:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T01:20:36","slug":"gop-lawmakers-suggest-dod-cut-climate-change-initiatives-from-budget","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/digital-show-dailies\/global-force-symposium\/2025\/03\/20\/gop-lawmakers-suggest-dod-cut-climate-change-initiatives-from-budget\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP lawmakers suggest DOD cut climate change initiatives from budget"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2025\/03\/20\/republicans-offer-defense-spending-tips-after-punting-on-a-budget\/\" target=\"_blank\"> detailed plan sent to the Pentagon <\/a>for how the House and Senate appropriations committees would have marked up the fiscal 2025 funding bill includes recommendations to make cuts from any initiatives deemed to address climate change, including advancing technology and funding hybrid electric vehicles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Donald Trump\u2019s administration has made it clear it is not supportive of actions addressing climate change, despite the president\u2019s close advisor owning an electric car company. During his first week in office, Trump withdrew the U.S. from the Paris Agreement, which commits countries to reducing greenhouse gas emissions. He has also frozen funding related to initiatives on climate change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers\u2019 recommendations in the 181-page document, obtained by Defense News, align solidly with the White House\u2019s desire to abandon efforts addressing climate change, initiatives championed during former President Joe Biden\u2019s administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The fiscal 2025 appropriations process has not been standard. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2025\/03\/14\/senate-passes-six-month-funding-bill-to-avoid-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_blank\">six-month stopgap spending bill<\/a> passed by Congress last week may lower defense spending, but it also grants the Defense Department far more authority to decide how to spend its budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2025\/03\/20\/republicans-offer-defense-spending-tips-after-punting-on-a-budget\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"139\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/General-Atomics-Gambit.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Republicans offer defense spending tips after punting on a budget<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">\u201cGood luck getting DoD to adhere to this,&quot; one analyst said of lawmakers&#039; attempts to influence defense spending.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the document crafted by the House and Senate appropriators, they recommended the Pentagon carve out $377.35 million worth of climate change initiatives and allocate that funding elsewhere, sending the message that funding related to those efforts is no longer supported by the people in power on Capitol Hill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The majority of the cuts would take place within the Army\u2019s research, development, test and evaluation portion of the budget, where efforts related to climate change initiatives could be cut<b> <\/b>from things like soldier lethality, ground, air and soldier system technology development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nearly half of the amount \u2014 a total of $167.2 million \u2014 was intended for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2021\/07\/12\/is-the-army-warming-up-to-electric-vehicles-in-its-fleet\/\" target=\"_blank\">funding hybrid-electric vehicle development<\/a> work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers recommend zeroing out $100.25 million in funding for a Light Tactical Wheeled Vehicles HEV prototype effort, as well as $38 million for another emerging technology HEV prototype initiative and $27 million to pursue prototypes for an HEV variant of the Army\u2019s Joint Light Tactical Vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another $66.9 million would be cut from efforts to modify service equipment with electric or hybrid propulsion systems, and $11.5 million would be cut from Medium Tactical Vehicles development work on hybrid power options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2024\/10\/16\/when-will-the-army-embrace-hybrid-electric-vehicles\/\" target=\"_blank\">long tinkered with the idea<\/a> of making some of its vehicles electric or hybrid, and while the technology has become commonplace in the commercial vehicle industry, the service has yet to follow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Companies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/techwatch\/2022\/10\/11\/heres-what-industry-is-offering-to-meet-armys-electric-vehicle-needs\/\" target=\"_blank\">have continued to put technology<\/a> in front of the service in order to show the purported benefits, arguing that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/smr\/energy-and-environment\/2023\/10\/09\/us-army-ready-to-pursue-electric-light-recon-vehicle\/\" target=\"_blank\">technology is ready for prime time <\/a>in the Army\u2019s modernization plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2024\/10\/16\/when-will-the-army-embrace-hybrid-electric-vehicles\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/7683573.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">When will the Army embrace hybrid-electric vehicles?<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">With a growing share of electric vehicles in the automotive market, the Army is still on the fence about the technology. Money and mass are to blame.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has evaluated the possibility of converting<a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/04\/27\/us-army-to-choose-whether-itll-pursue-a-hybrid-bradley-vehicle-in-fy23\/\" target=\"_blank\"> combat vehicles like the Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle for hybrid propulsion<\/a>, an effort led by the service\u2019s Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technologies Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Army leaders have maintained that just because it hasn\u2019t fully committed to hybrid capabilities in tactical or combat vehicles doesn\u2019t mean the service is disinterested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIt\u2019s not a hard sell to anyone in the Army,\u201d former Army acquisition chief Doug Bush told Defense News last fall. \u201cI think wheeled vehicles is our biggest opportunity. It\u2019s the same exact tech that\u2019s all over the commercial sector now. A lot of people drive these cars. It\u2019s becoming kind of normal.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is \u201cjust working on carving out the money to do it,\u201d Bush said at the time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the investment is significant up front, \u201cthe long-term payoff, even a 10 to 15% fuel reduction, multiplied times a bazillion vehicles, is huge,\u201d Bush said. \u201cIf we do this right, it\u2019ll free up money down the road because we\u2019re being more efficient with the vehicles.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The capabilities a hybrid vehicle would bring are also becoming increasingly important in the modern battlefield, where silent watch and silent drive help U.S. troops evade detection by increasingly sophisticated sensors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Additionally, the Army intends to make its Bradley Infantry Fighting Vehicle replacement a hybrid system, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/industry\/techwatch\/2023\/06\/26\/heres-who-will-move-forward-in-the-bradley-replacement-competition\/\" target=\"_blank\">companies competing to ultimately build the vehicle<\/a> have created designs answering that requirement. The vehicles were expected to be introduced around 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2022\/04\/12\/power-struggle-how-the-us-army-is-tackling-the-logistics-of-battlefield-electricity\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16_coverjump_power.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Power struggle: How the US Army is tackling the logistics of battlefield electricity<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">An infantry soldier&#039;s primary focus was once ammunition, dry socks and enough water to survive in the field. But today there&#039;s a need for vast stores of power just to manage daily operations.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lawmakers are suggesting the Army cut nearly $45 million in funding for Next-Generation Combat Vehicle technology that addresses climate change initiatives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Other technology development areas, such as Future Vertical Lift \u2014 costing roughly $10 million \u2014 and soldier lethality \u2014 another $15 million \u2014 would see cuts to their climate change work if the Army were to take the lawmakers\u2019 recommendations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/04\/12\/power-struggle-how-the-us-army-is-tackling-the-logistics-of-battlefield-electricity\/\" target=\"_blank\">working on a variety of efforts that would align<\/a> with its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/land\/2022\/02\/08\/with-new-climate-strategy-army-aims-to-prepare-soldiers-for-harsher-environments\/\" target=\"_blank\">official climate strategy <\/a>that address everything from installations in the U.S. all the way to the tactical edge of the battlefield. It is unclear if the strategy itself still stands or if it will be scrapped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Pentagon is already busy canceling work related to climate change, including studies that look at whether a warmer Earth could lead to increased instability and insecurity in certain places around the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a recent post on X, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wrote, \u201cThe @DeptofDefense does not do climate change crap. 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