Trump EPA To Slash Workforce By 25% As Administration Targets Bureaucratic Waste
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is on track to reduce its workforce by nearly 25% by the end of the calendar year, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned. The agency plans to shrink its staff from about…
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is on track to reduce its workforce by nearly 25% by the end of the calendar year, the Daily Caller News Foundation has learned.
The agency plans to shrink its staff from about 16,400 to approximately 12,500 full-time employees by the end of 2025, an EPA spokesperson told the DCNF. Since returning to office, the Trump administration has sought to refocus the agency on its core mission of protecting human health and the environment, after its budget and workforce ballooned on former President Joe Biden’s watch.
The staff reductions are expected to deliver significant savings to taxpayers, on top of the more than $29 billion the agency says it has saved by canceling or scaling back grants and contracts that were awarded during the previous administration.
Since January, the Trump EPA has focused on improving efficiency and rolling back billions in “environmental justice” grants that were doled out during the Biden administration, while targeting offices performing functions not aligned with the administration’s priorities.