Leaders were unable to answer questions as basic as when the office will close and how many workers will lose their jobs.

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The agency’s Office of Research and Development has long provided the scientific underpinnings for EPA’s mission to protect ...

The EPA's Office of Research and Development has more than 1,500 employees, including scientists and researchers, dispersed ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is shutting down its scientific research arm, which provides the basis for decisions that ...

Environmental advocates say cutting the EPA's research office could have dire effects, especially when it comes to climate ...

“This is grim news,” said Adam Gaffney, an ICU doctor at the Cambridge Health Alliance. “For decades, the EPA’s Office of ...

The Environmental Protection Agency will shutter its main scientific research division and implement mass layoffs, officials ...

Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) is seen during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on Oct. 31, 2023. A letter from former EPA research chiefs calls on her and fellow appropriators to protect ...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering the elimination of its science arm and firing most of that branch’s employees according to documents reviewed by the Democratic staff of ...

Companies feared rules and lawsuits based on the Office of Research and Development’s assessments of the dangers of ...

The ORD has acted as this research arm up until now. Since the EPA hasn’t yet provided details on what OASES will be doing, it’s unclear whether the new office will take up this role.