Total staffing at EPA will go down to 12,448, a reduction of more than 3,700 employees, or nearly 23%, from staffing levels ...

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

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said the agency would be eliminating its Office of Research and Development and start firing hundreds of biologists, chemists, toxicologists and other scientists who help ...

Companies feared rules and lawsuits based on the Office of Research and Development’s assessments of the dangers of formaldehyde, ethylene oxide and other substances.

On July 18, The New York Times reported on the EPA’s decision to eliminate the Office of Research and Development and “begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists ...

Environmental advocates say cutting the EPA's research office could have dire effects, especially when it comes to climate ...

The Trump administration is on the precipice of ending the Endangerment Finding, a rule that Democrats have used for years to impose harsh climate regulations, energy policy experts told the Daily ...

The EPA administrator wrote that he agreed with critics who said it “would impose additional burdens and uncertainty on ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Thursday is launching new online resources intended to tackle questions and ...

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

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