On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency said it will eliminate the Office of Research and Development and reduce its ...

Justin Chen, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Council 238, the union representing 8,000 EPA ...

The Office of Research and Development produced the science underpinning regulations on everything from PFAS to pesticides to ...

On Monday, some employees at ORD, the largest office in the agency, began receiving emails saying they’d been assigned new ...

The research and development office had been in the crosshairs of organizations allied with President Donald Trump.

The agency is closing the Office of Research and Development, which analyzes dangers posed by hazards including toxic ...

The EPA's Office of Research and Development has more than 1,500 employees, including scientists and researchers, dispersed ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday it is cutting the size of its workforce by at least 23% and closing ...

The center in Ada has ongoing research related to aquifers, PFAS pollution and more. Scientists were also studying groundwater resources.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement that the changes announced Friday would ensure the agency “is better ...

On Friday, the Environmental Protection Agency said it will eliminate the Office of Research and Development and reduce its ...

Total staffing at EPA will go down to 12,448, a reduction of more than 3,700 employees, or nearly 23%, from staffing levels in January when Trump took office, the agency said.