More than a thousand EPA employees, most of them working on climate change, may be fired, according to an email obtained by the New York Times.
Employees that received the email were hired within the past year, and the message said the agency has the right to immediately terminate them. An EPA spokesperson declined to confirm to the Times whether or not EPA administrator Lee Zeldin would fire the employees but added, “Ultimately, the goal is to create a more effective and efficient federal government that serves all Americans.”
The EPA provides crucial data on greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture, the impact of climate change on farms and the broader food system, and has been working on data and solutions to food waste, a major driver of emissions. (Link to this post.)
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