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- The Environmental Protection Agency faced historic staffing cuts through 2025, with about 33 percent of employees departing since the start of the Trump administration.
- These reductions stemmed from budget proposals by Administrator Lee Zeldin and earlier Trump plans that exceeded past cuts, surpassing even those under President Reagan in the 1980s.
- The cuts have included multiple rounds of deferred resignations affecting thousands of employees, with projections that staff levels by early 2026 will be near lows last seen during Nixon and Ford administrations.
- An EPA press release on July 18, 2025, stated the agency had terminated 3,707 employees, representing 23 percent of a 16,155-employee workforce, while Zeldin’s May budget proposed cutting 1,274 full-time equivalents, a 9 percent drop.
- Past EPA staffing cuts led to challenges in enforcement and cleanup efforts, and the current reductions could affect environmental oversight, public health, and research capacities unless Congress intervenes by its September 30, 2025 funding deadline.
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Administration cuts slashing agency's ability to keep pollution out of air and water
As Congress faces a Sept. 30, 2025, deadline to fund the federal government, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has put the EPA on the chopping block. But even before Congress decides about the administration's recommendations to slash its staff, the EPA's political leaders have made even more significant cuts to the agency's workforce.
Trump Energy Dept. Under Fire for Banning ‘Climate Change’ and Related Terms
“It’s like they’re trying to cover up a homicide,” said the Environmental Voter Project President Donald Trump’s administration has faced a flood of criticism since Politico reported Sunday that the US Department of Energy has added “climate change” and other related terms to its “list of words to avoid” at a key office. According to a Friday email […]
US officials clash over stunning policy demands: 'This is the latest list of words to avoid'
The Department of Energy added several more climate-related phrases to its list of "words to avoid using" at the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Politico reported on Monday. These phrases included "climate change," "green," and "decarbonization," according to an email sent to employees on Friday, Sept. 26, per Politico. The restrictions come despite these phrases referring to concepts that have been central to the office's wor…
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Trump administration is on track to cut 1 in 3 EPA staffers by the end of 2025, slashing agency’s ability to keep pollution out of air and water
Environmental Protection Agency staff and contractors are often involved in large cleanups of toxic waste, such as after the Los Angeles fires of early 2025. Mario Tama/Getty ImagesAs Congress faces a Sept. 30, 2025, deadline to fund the federal government, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin has put the EPA on the chopping block. But even before Congress decides about the administration’s recommendations to slash its staff,…
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