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The agency wants to bulwark defenses for its scientists, but critics question whether its guidelines are strong enough.

A contract could serve as a bulwark for thousands of staff if a Republican administration takes charge in 2025 and tries to tear down the agency.

Patti (Potts) Howell, 81, of Port Clinton passed away from pancreatic cancer on Sunday, Feb. 26. She was born on Feb. 24, 1942, in Port Clinton, to Francis

The agency has billions of dollars to distribute and wide-ranging regulations to issue, all while under the watch of the new Republican-led House.

EPA employees have mixed reviews as they trickle back into the office more than two years into the Covid-19 pandemic. The agency's hybrid work plan has hit

Mildred “Micki” Seacrest Bales passed away on Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021 at the age of 95. Micki was born on Feb. 20, 1925 in Knoxville, Tennessee. On Sept. 14, 1947 she married Rubin Bales of Gatlinburg. Micki worked alongside her husband Rubin at Town and Country Motel, which they built and managed together for forty years. She made dear friends with guests who came and visited yearly. Even though she never attended high school, she earned her GED and took accounting classes at the Uni...

For Biden, protecting the environment means filling vacant science jobs Laura Dodson, an economist and union official at the U.S. Department of Agriculture, says federal environmental research could be hobbled for years by the loss of experienced scientists during the Trump administration. (Carolyn Kaster / Associated Press) Print Polluting factories go uninspected by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Leadership positions sit vacant at the U.S. Geological Survey’s climate scie...