<sod >However, Mr Trump's proposed federal budget calls for a slashing of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) budget by nearly 30 per cent and includes cuts to other agencies doing work on climate change like the ocean preservation activities of the US Coast Guard and climate diplomacy at the State Department.< eod>< sod > Â  At the White House Press, Scott Pruitt - the head of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - said that Mr Trump had made a "courageous decision... on behalf of the American people." However, Mr Trump's proposed federal budget calls for a slashing of Mr Pruitt'sÂ EPAÂ budget by nearly 30 per cent and includes cuts to other agencies doing work on climate change like the ocean preservation activities of the US Coast Guard and climate diplomacy at the State Department.< eod>