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Administration Aims to Eliminate ’s Scientific Research Arm

More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.”

nytimes.com/2025/03/17/climate

The Environmental Protection Agency headquarters in Washington, D.C., in 2021. The agency presented plans to let go of 75 percent of its staff within its largest department: the Office of Research and Development.
The New York Times · Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research ArmBy Lisa Friedman

@GottaLaff I am old enough to remember what it was like to breathe unclean air. I was born with allergic asthma. These firings are unconscionable.

@tinkb333 I remember breathing in (I was about 10) and it hurting in my chest from the smog... in the San Fernando Valley, L.A.

@GottaLaff I was around the same age when I lived in the NY metro area. There's nothing like that wall of yuck hitting your lungs. You don't forget what that feels like. I'm sorry you've experienced it too.