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U.S. EPA Deletes Research Office, Fires Scientific Leaders

August 20, 2025 News Editor Comments Off on U.S. EPA Deletes Research Office, Fires Scientific Leaders

WASHINGTON, DC, August 20, 2025 (ENS) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is firing and retiring thousands of workers as part of a “reduction in force” as the agency continues its “comprehensive restructuring efforts” by closing the EPA Office of Research and Development, commonly called ORD. […]

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Hurricane Ida Survivors Get Help for Power, Home Restoration

September 3, 2021 News Editor Comments Off on Hurricane Ida Survivors Get Help for Power, Home Restoration

NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, September 3, 2021 (ENS) – At least 66 people across nine U.S. states have died due to Ida in her various phases from Category 4 hurricane when it struck Louisiana on August 29 to tropical depression blowing out into the Atlantic Ocean east of New England on September 2 . […]