The U.S. Senate passed a limited spending package on Thursday that will largely fund several science- and land-related agencies, including the Department of Interior, the U.S. Forest Service, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, at current levels. … The biggest blow to the West, climate science and the nation’s health and safety, however, are potential cuts to the National Center for Atmospheric Research, based in Boulder, Colorado. The center, often called NCAR, creates the modeling and analysis that underpins the weather forecasting people around the world depend on for their lives and work. 

Other EPA and environmental funding news:

• Politico: Congress clears first funding bills since government shutdown ended
• E&E News by Politico: Congress OKs spending package without protecting Colorado research lab
• Grist: Trump’s EPA is taking itself out of the regulation game
• The Desert Review (Brawley, Calif.): Salton Sea Authority secures $1.76M federal funding for feasibility study