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dalton99a

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Fri Jul 18, 2025, 07:44 PM Friday

E.P.A. says it will eliminate scientific research and fire hundreds of scientists

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/climate/epa-firings-scientific-research.html

E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
The decision comes after a Supreme Court ruling allowing the Trump administration to slash the federal work force and dismantle agencies.
By Lisa Friedman and Maxine Joselow
July 18, 2025 Updated 7:06 p.m. ET

The Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday that it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, after denying for months that it intended to do so.

The move underscores how the Trump administration is forging ahead with efforts to slash the federal work force and dismantle federal agencies after the Supreme Court allowed these plans to proceed while legal challenges unfold. Government scientists have been particular targets of the administration’s large-scale layoffs.

The decision to dismantle the E.P.A.’s Office of Research and Development had been widely expected since March, when a leaked document that called for eliminating the office was first reported by The New York Times. But until Friday, the Trump administration maintained that no final decisions had been made.

The E.P.A.’s science office provides the independent research that underpins nearly all of the agency’s policies and regulations. It has analyzed the risks of hazardous chemicals, the impact of wildfire smoke on public health and the contamination of drinking water by hydraulic fracturing, or fracking. Its research has often justified stricter environmental rules, prompting pushback from chemical manufacturers and other industries.

Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator, has boasted about cutting dozens of environmental regulations, saying he wants to make it cheaper and easier for industries to operate.

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E.P.A. says it will eliminate scientific research and fire hundreds of scientists (Original Post) dalton99a Friday OP
They should change the name to EDA, The Environmental Destruction Administration...wankers... wcmagumba Friday #1
I hate these people. yellow dahlia Friday #2
Science bad. Magical thinking and anything for money good. Solly Mack Saturday #3

wcmagumba

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1. They should change the name to EDA, The Environmental Destruction Administration...wankers...
Fri Jul 18, 2025, 08:11 PM
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