Former Trump Official Suggests Slashing Two Thirds Of EPA's Workforce

The former head of President Donald Trump's EPA transition team is urging the new administration to drastically slash the agency's staffing levels -- from about 15,000 people to about 5,000 -- over the next four years, with at least some of the cuts aimed at the agency's core air and water programs, according to a Jan. 26 E&E News article. “I think getting down to 5,000 in the first term is a goal,” Myron Ebell of the Competitive Enterprise...