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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) said on Friday that it plans to reduce its workforce by 23% and close its research and development office.
The loss of more than 3,000 employees occurs after layoffs and incentives to leave the agency in the midst of the broad effort of the Trump administration to rationalize the federal government.
“According to President Trump's leadership, the EPA has closely analyzed our operations to ensure that the agency is better equipped than ever to meet our main mission to protect human health and the environment while driving the great American return,” said EPA administrator Lee Zeldin.
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“This reduction in force will ensure that we can better fulfill that mission while we are managers responsible for their tax dollars earned with so much effort.”
The EPA said the cuts will save $ 748.8 million.
The US Environmental Protection Agency, said Friday that plans to reduce its workforce by 23% and close its research and development office. (Getty)
As part of the restructuring, the EPA said it plans to open a new office of environmental solutions and applied science to replace the Office of Research and Development, saying that the new office would allow it to focus on the investigation “more than ever.”
This occurs a week after the Supreme Court issued a ruling that clarified the way for the administration to make mass dismissals.
Justin Chen, president of the Government Employee Council of the Government Federation, 238, which represents thousands of EPA employees, described the EPA's Research and Development Office of the EPA “.
The EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement that “the reduction of force will ensure that we can better fulfill that mission while we are managers responsible for their tax dollars earned with so much effort.” (Photo AP/Jacquelyn Martin, Archive)
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“Without it, we don't have the means to evaluate impacts on human health and the environment,” Cen said. “Its destruction will devastate public health in our country.”
Fox News Digital has communicated with the EPA to comment.
The loss of more than 3,000 employees occurs after layoffs and incentives to leave the agency as part of the broad effort of the Trump administration to rationalize the federal government. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, Archive)
This announcement also occurs two weeks after 139 employees signed a “declaration of dissent” claiming that the Trump administration was harming the agency's mission.
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The administration said the employees were “illegally undermining” the president's agenda.
Reuters and Associated Press contributed to this report.
