Jeff Ruch, director of Pacific Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, a nonprofit organization that supports government employees at environmental agencies, said EPA employees are considering retiring or leaving before the new administration takes office.
“I would imagine the consensus is that EPA is probably the least favorite agency for the incoming Trump administration,” said Ruch.
The DOGE is billed in large part as reducing regulations, and the EPA is a major issuer of rules. Ruch said the EPA has fewer than 20,000 employees, and scrapping thousands of employees would mean a significant cut in their workforce.
