Bipartisan senators seek to prevent Trump from cutting EPA science research office

The Trump administration is gutting EPA's research arm. Can California bridge the gap?

Officials with a small but mighty California agency known as the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment said they remain committed to rigorous science.

Bipartisan senators seek to prevent Trump from cutting EPA science research office

A bipartisan Senate appropriations bill seeks to prevent the Trump administration from cutting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) scientific research office. Text of the appropriations bill, which advanced 26-2 on Thursday, was not immediately available.  However, a summary posted online states that the bill “requires EPA to maintain its Office of Research and Development to ensure cutting-edge…

EPA Eliminates Research And Development Office, Fires Thousands

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it is eliminating its research and development arm and laying off thousands of employees.