Overview

• Staff reductions have cut EPA headcount by 22.9 percent to 12,448 from January’s 16,155 total
• The longtime Office of Research and Development was closed and an Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions launched to pare costs by about $750 million
• EPA officials have signaled plans to forgo enforcing pollutant limits deemed harmful to economic interests
• A second voluntary separation period runs through July 25 and could reduce the workforce further
• Researchers at the University of Bremen are archiving threatened US climate and environmental datasets