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Several employees signed the letter, which decried the EPA’s direction under President Donald Trump. DULUTH – The ...
The EPA said it placed 139 employees on paid leave to investigate their use of official titles when signing the letter.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put 144 employees on leave after they signed a letter criticizing the Trump ...
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS. Despite this, the agency has ...
What these cuts would mean for the Duluth lab is unclear. A portion of the reduction plan shared with the News Tribune by Science Committee Democratic staff said the EPA planned to “eliminate ...
DULUTH, Minn. — Friday was the day Minnesota Democratic U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith demanded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) answer whether it plans to close a premier ...
John Morrice, of Duluth, worked at the EPA lab in Duluth for 15 years as a research biologist studying Great Lakes ecosystems. He retired 12 years ago but worked under both Republican and ...
Duluth EPA lab workers speak out in face of possible federal cuts. A demonstrator's sign is placed in a traffic cone during a rally in support of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday, ...
Those jobs are there to fulfill a mission set by Congress in the Clean Water Act of 1972, said research biologist David Bolgrien, who retired from the Duluth EPA lab in 2022.
EPA places 6 Duluth lab staff on leave for signing dissent letter The union representing federal workers said the move violated the employees' free speech rights and vowed to take legal action.
Friday was the day Minnesota Democratic U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar and Tina Smith demanded the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) answer whether it plans to close a premier water testing ...