Posted on 12/22/2017 10:23:53 AM PST by RoosterRedux
More than 700 workers have left the rapidly shrinking Environmental Protection Agency since President Trump took office — including more than 200 scientists, according to a report.
The exodus by staffers who have quit, retired or taken buyout packages includes 96 environmental protection specialists and nine department directors, according to the report by The New York Times and ProPublica.
A majority of the employees, who include attorneys and program managers, are not being replaced, according to the report.
The departures reflect poor morale at the EPA, which Trump and top congressional Republicans have criticized as bloated and guilty of regulatory overreach.
That discontent is likely to widen following revelations that GOP campaign officials were using the Freedom of Information Act to request copies of emails from agency personnel suspected of opposing Trump and his agenda, the report said.
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Awesome start!
Its like throwing holy water on person possessed by demons.
while i’m certain some did leave because of the stated reasons i have to say its not normal to leave a good job based on principle. How much demand in the private sector for 96 climate scientists if the government isn’t picking up the tab?
Good luck on the unemployment line.
DID THEY REALLY care about the environment? Not enough to stay and fight. Their retirement is good enough for them to not care.
Only 700?
environmental protection specialists = highly paid government employee with no real job
... Pornhub was the hardest hit...
The only people who leave govt. jobs are still young enough to start over, or else ready for retirement.
I would make their lives a living hell.
As is often the case, a plausible dogood idea has been largely ruined and made into a tyrannical and grossly expensive huge program - a blight on America and a very costly damper on jobs and our economy. It definitely needs to be scaled back a lot ! And then properly focused or eliminated entirely if it can’t be correctly managed
They’ll catch on at some state equivalent Dept of Ecology or county environmental permitting agency, all at less than 1/2 their current salary.
The EPA at that time felt that Private Corporations and Businesses for the most part managed themselves within the laws and there was very little need for government oversight since most companies had updated their production facilities/smoke stacks and emissions were down.
One of the primary reasons the Govt was shut down in 1995 was because Clinton lied to the Republicans and stood up a new EPA Agency in DC of about 1000 personnel - thus the EPA during the shutdown had to shed 1000 employees to offset the new "stove-pipe" directorate.
More than 700 workers have left the rapidly shrinking Environmental Protection Agency since President Trump took office — including more than 200 scientists, according to a report.
A small but good start at ending this anti American/good Science, monster.
The agency’s budget is being cut, another reason.
CAN NOT BE HAPPIER!!!
We nearly lost our ability to build on our 1 acre lot because of the possibility... no evidence what so ever... of “future”
water contamination in our wells. heh
NEVER HAPPENED
Collusion with a builder. They were offering a “discount” on a city lot IF we signed an agreement not to build. They were also trying to pass a LAW to prevent us from building.
I am sure there are lots of people with similar stories.
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