US EditionEPA plans to cut scientific research program, could fire more than 1,000 employees
- The Trump administration plans to cut the Environmental Protection Agency's scientific research program, potentially laying off over 1,000 employees, which lawmakers reported on Tuesday.
- Documents indicate that the majority of employees will not be retained during agency cuts, while remaining positions might be relocated within the agency.
- The Union of Concerned Scientists warns that these cuts threaten public health and hinder the EPA's ability to set pollution standards and tackle climate change.
- Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren stated that the decision could harm the EPA's ability to protect human health and the environment, emphasizing that the agency needs its researchers to use the best available science.
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Duluth News Tribune
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…
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…
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