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As the Environmental Protection Agency scales back enforcement because of staff shortages and new federal rollbacks, concerns ...
Elizabeth Poole and her new team will begin their work by focusing on lead-based paint hazards as they build out the new ...
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Receives TSCA Section 21 Petitions Seeking Reconsideration Of Exemption Conditions In Final ...
EPA staff didn’t use a tip line set up by the Trump administration to identify and assist in slashing programs focused on ...
Reorganizations at the EPA may get rid of the agency’s fundamental program for research around the risks of toxic chemicals.
The cuts are a part of the Trump administration’s effort to reduce the federal workforce and dismantle programs linked to environmental justice efforts.
President Donald Trump and EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin promised to slash the agency's budget and staffing, a move advocates ...
All 18 environmental justice employees at the regional Environmental Protection Agency office in Chicago have received layoff notices. It’s part of the Trump administration’s efforts to close EPA ...
Acid rain, PFAS and climate change weren't even part of the 1980s EPA mission, adding to concerns for an agency already ...
April 12, 2017 EPA staff members are undergoing a second round of deferred resignation offers, similar to buyouts, alongside their colleagues across several other government agencies. It is ...
On chemicals policy, EPA's announcement said it was shifting more than 130 staff experts in scientific ... one of several emerging research issues that require more funding.
EPA will still need to maintain some staff to work on climate regulations. But it is working to drop greenhouse gases from its list of regulated pollutants by reconsidering a 2009 scientific finding ...