EPA Morale Plummets Over Fears Of Budget Cuts, Retaliation Under Trump

January 11, 2017
EPA sources say morale at the agency is plummeting as President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office Jan. 20, citing uncertainty about the incoming administration's policy priorities while fearing budget cuts and job losses as well as potential retaliatory actions against employees from administration officials or EPA's GOP critics in Congress. It's “not quite as bad as right after the election, when people are walking around looking like they were going to cry, but bad,” says one EPA staffer. “People...


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