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The research and development office had been in the crosshairs of organizations allied with President Donald Trump.
A bipartisan Senate appropriations bill seeks to prevent the Trump administration from cutting the Environmental Protection ...
As the agency is encouraging more departures, EPA on Thursday announced “the next phase of organizational improvements.” The ...
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to close its scientific research arm and announce mass layoffs. On July 18, ...
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is eliminating a scientific research office known as the Office of Research and Development and firing some of the staffers who work there. “Today, ...
On Monday, some employees at ORD, the largest office in the agency, began receiving emails saying they’d been assigned new ...
State officials are worried about the shifting national priorities, which includes a 10% staffing cut to The U.S. Forest ...
The Office of Research and Development produced the science underpinning regulations on everything from pesticides to lead.
Environmental advocates say cutting the EPA's research office could have dire effects, especially when it comes to climate ...
The move to dismantle the Office of Research and Development comes as Trump officials cut the agency’s total staff by 23 ...
On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency said it will eliminate the Office of Research and Development and reduce its ...
In a statement on Friday, EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said that the mass layoff and office closure will still allow the agency to deliver its "core mission of protecting human heath and the ...