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EPA Hits 40-Year Lows in Staffing After Trump Targets Its Public Health Experts

Inside Climate News · By Marianne Lavelle, Peter Aldhous · last updated
An Inside Climate News analysis of just-released federal workforce data shows more than 4,000 employees departed between January 2025 and January 2026, including a majority of team leaders.

By Marianne Lavelle, Peter Aldhous

When President Donald Trump first sought to be the Republican standard-bearer in 2016, he promised to reduce the Environmental Protection Agency to “little tidbits.”

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