EPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees

Environmental Protection Agency releases its conditional approval of two Upland Disposal Facility plans - The Berkshire Edge

Housatonic Rest of River — The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its conditional approval on March 21 of General Electric’s (GE’s) revised plans for the design as well as the operations, monitoring, and maintenance of the toxic-waste landfill component of the Housatonic Rest of River remediation project. The action follows a September 12 measure in which the agency reviewed the company’s initial plans for the toxic-waste facility s…

EPA purges vital staff in win for Trump's 'polluter buddies'

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin is planning to make more cuts , this time targeting key chemists, biologists, toxicologists, and other scientists. In documents reviewed by ...

EPA Cuts Would Strike a Blow to New York, Former Agency Administrator Says - City Limits

Lisa Garcia, a former regional administrator at the Environmental Protection Agency,  spoke to City Limits about how plans for a new wave of federal cuts could trickle down to New York. Brooklyn’s historically polluted Coney Island Creek. Expected EPA cuts could curtail testing efforts for local waterways, former Regional Administrator Lisa Garcia says. (Photo by Adi Talwar). When word spread this week that the Environmental Protection Agency (E…

Duluth EPA lab’s future uncertain under plan to cut research arm

DULUTH — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed eliminating its scientific and research arm and up to 75% of its staff, leaving the future of the agency’s Duluth freshwater laboratory and its more than 100 employees uncertain. The proposal for the EPA to eliminate its Office of Research and Development, first reported Monday by the New York Times, is part of the “reduction in force” plans required throughout the federal government…

HHS agency responsible for health care quality research threatened with mass layoffs

Insiders say the HHS agency, which focuses on the safety and practical use of health care, could experience staff cuts of 80% to 90%.

EPA’s planned research program cuts could impact Oregon scientists

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research office and could fire more than 1,000 scientists and other employees who help provide the scientific foundation for rules safeguarding human health and ecosystems from environmental pollutants.As many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists — 75% of the research program’s staff — could be laid off, according to documents reviewed by Democrati…