EPA Faces Layoffs Amid Shutdown Fight

TSA, EPA workers in the Triangle feeling effects of government shutdown

An EPA worker said she's worried these furloughs will affect the public's health.

EPA Laying Off Workers Amid Shutdown

Workers with the Environmental Protection Agency will be laid off by the Trump administration amid the government shutdown, according to an email received by employees in the agency's Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division, according to The Hill. "This notice is to inform you that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will be conducting a Reduction in Force," Steven Cook, principal deputy assistant administrator for the Office of L…

EPA faces layoffs amid shutdown fight

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story  EPA set to carry out layoffs The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is among the agencies where federal workers will be laid off by the Trump administration in the ongoing federal government shutdown. © Greg Nash Employees in the EPA’s Resource Conservation and Sustainability Division…

Government shutdown forcing some EPA workers off the job

Government shutdown forcing some EPA workers off the job The government shutdown has now forced most of the Environmental Protection Agency workers off the job, according to the Environmental Protection Network. Michelle Roos, the EPN executive director, joins CBS News to discuss.