The resulting conflict is playing out in courtrooms, statehouses and regulatory agencies across the country. It’s grounded in ...

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

Just six months into his second term, President Donald Trump has moved quickly to reshape the Environmental Protection Agency in ways not seen over its 55-year history, drastically restructuring ...

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff ...

Workers across the EPA recently signed a letter expressing concerns about how administrator Lee Zeldin is leading the agency.

“I thought the criticisms [in the letter] were reflective of the reality of the situation,” he said. The EPA under Trump has ...

EPA employees who signed the letter say they knew the Trump administration was unlikely to welcome constructive criticism, ...

EPA puts on leave 139 employees who spoke out against policies under Trump FILE - The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) building is seen in Washington on Sept. 21, 2017.