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 ...

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

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

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

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

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

The agency is closing the Office of Research and Development, which analyzes dangers posed by hazards including toxic ...

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