Environment & natural resources
National parks, clean water, weather forecasting, and disaster science.
What the money shows
The government spent $133.4B on Environment & natural resources in 2025, which is 1.3% of all spending that year. Environment & natural resources outlays are up 100.8% from 2017. OMB history lists Environment & natural resources at 1.9% of federal outlays in 1962 and 1.3% in 2025. Corps of Engineers - Civil Works, the largest agency in this category, handles 26.2% of its latest outlay. The linked lobbying register category is Energy & Utilities.
Sources: USAspending · OMB Historical Tables
Agencies spending it
Latest fiscal year, top agencies from USAspending.
Lobbying in this sector
Up to five leading energy & utilities clients in the lobby register.
Share since 1962
OMB history plus live rows once ingested.
Bills moving money here
A sector-filtered doorway into the bills register.
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