The Environmental Protection Agency has lost 1,560 positions since the beginning of Trump’s second term, cutting approximately 10% of its workforce as of April’s end, according to staff records obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request. The Center for Biological Diversity, which obtained these records, compared EPA staff directories from 2024 to 2025, revealing the agency’s workforce dropped from over 17,700 employees to about 16,200 in just a few months. “The EPA can’t protect American health while losing 10% of its staff in a matter of months,” said Ivan Ditmars, associate attorney at the Center. “Without the scientists and … Continue reading EPA Workforce Shrinks by 1,560; 65% Budget Cut Proposed