EPA’s ‘Comeback’ a Sham Fueled by Trump’s Authoritarian Power Grab, Critics Charge

Inside Climate News · By Liza Gross · last updated October 11, 2025 – 4:06 AM

The agency replaced civil servants with Trump loyalists and has failed to correct scientific integrity violations and a flawed cancer risk assessment of a popular pesticide during Trump’s first term, watchdog groups say.

By Liza Gross

Federal environmental scientists have been “left largely defenseless.” Their jobs abruptly terminated. Their research and policy advice ignored, manipulated or suppressed. Their agency captured by the industry it’s obligated to regulate.

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