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The Environmental Protection Agency announced plans on May 2 to slash its budget by $300 million in fiscal year 2026, reduce ...
Federal cuts have reduced the workforce in U.S. EPA Region 5 by as much as 20%, according to advocates, leaving fewer ...
The EPA has made no decisions about shutting down its research and science office, although those discussions are still going ...
As the Environmental Protection Agency scales back enforcement because of staff shortages and new federal rollbacks, concerns ...
EPA staff didn’t use a tip line set up by the Trump administration to identify and assist in slashing programs focused on ...
Zeldin declined to provide specific goals for EPA staffing under his tenure, but appeared to acknowledge claims by Merkley and Murray that staff totals could return to a level last seen under ...
The reduction-in-force letters were sent to nearly 200 employees of the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights.
Reorganizations at the EPA may get rid of the agency’s fundamental program for research around the risks of toxic chemicals.
But many staff don’t work on climate issues exclusively — and experts say they will be needed if EPA is to meet its statutory obligations and the Trump administration wants to fulfill its ...
Zeldin said EPA staffing will fall to a level last seen ... The EPA will also elevate issues of cybersecurity, emergency response, and water reuse and conservation, it said.