Trump, Pruitt Slash EPA Staff to 30-Year Lows as Drinking Water, Climate Change Crises Mount

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By Environmental Working GroupSep 7, 2017, 12:27 pm108 pts
By October of this year, the staff at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ( EPA ) will be reduced to levels not seen since the Reagan administration, 30 years ago, according to a report by Brady Dennis with the Washington Post. The dramatic reduction in staff will almost certainly include career scientists…

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