Trump Requests Increase in Budget for BOEM and BSEE
The Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) as well as the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) have got a massive increase in their budget. The budget that was proposed by US President Donald Trump requested Congress to increase the BSEE budget by $193.4 million along with the BOEM budget by $179.3 million.
Donald Trump involvement is usually tied to conspiracies and this budget increase is one of them. He campaigned on the grounds that climate change is a Chinese conspiracy and yet understood the need to increase budgets for the departments that create sustainable and safe offshore energy production.
BSEE budget includes $129.9 million in the form of appropriated funds. The rest is to be in the form of offsetting collections of revenue. This includes rental receipts and inspection fees along with cost recovery. The budget set by Donald Trump will ensure the BSEE will be able to continue in its mission of creative sustainable ways of energy production. The department has had plans for finding more sustainable ways as climate change affects the global trends. Many countries have voiced concerns over the hypocrisy of the American government in increasing coal production and the burning of coal to produce power.
This move therefore is quite a shock especially from the man who proposed that climate change was all a scam. The motivation for this could be due to the rising American need for sustainable energy which is why the energy departments need more money to explore and innovate. The President of the National Ocean Industries Association (NOIA), Randall Luthi, commented on how the budget will ensure an increase in explorations along with scientific ways of finding efficient methods of offshore energy production through wind farms and much more.
The taxpayer money can be said to be put to good use, however the return on it still awaits. The way Mr. Trump opposes his own policies is amazing and his tweets may be unpleasing to many people around the world but at least he has taken some measures of ensuring a good future. That, or maybe we are going to find some form of conspiracy lying around this area as well.