The EPA's Office of Research and Development has more than 1,500 employees, including scientists and researchers, dispersed ...

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing agency staff ...

The research and development office had been in the crosshairs of organizations allied with President Donald Trump.

Leaders were unable to answer questions as basic as when the office will close and how many workers will lose their jobs.

The Office of Research and Development produced the science underpinning regulations on everything from PFAS to pesticides to ...

The Environmental Protection Agency is eliminating its Office of Research and Development (ORD), marking a significant ...

The EPA’s Office of Research and Development studies things like PFAS, air pollution, and chemical safety to develop ...

Environmental advocates say cutting the EPA's research office could have dire effects, especially when it comes to climate ...

On July 18, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rolled out the “reorganization plan” for its Office of Research and Development (ORD). The stated goal of the plan is to reduce budget ...

Officials with a small but mighty California agency known as the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment said they ...

The move to dismantle the Office of Research and Development comes as Trump officials cut the agency’s total staff by 23 ...

On Monday, some employees at ORD, the largest office in the agency, began receiving emails saying they’d been assigned new ...