Energy and Environment

Senate committee defies Trump, approves $10 million for UN climate change fund

By Josh Siegel
Published September 7, 2017 9:22pm ET
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Senate committee defies Trump, approves $10 million for UN climate change fund
The U.S. has made annual payments to the climate change fund since 1992. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File) | J. Scott Applewhite

A handful of Republicans joined the Democrats in a Senate committee vote on Thursday to give $10 million to the United Nations’ climate change agency, defying President Trump, who had proposed eliminating the funding.

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Climate Change Donald Trump Josh Siegel Lindsey Graham Senate Susan Collins United Nations