Joyce Howell, the executive vice president of the union representing the Environmental Protection Agency’s employees, says scientists in the ORD [the Office of Research and Development] were told to apply to new jobs and informed “these are your opportunities,” reports the Hill.

The report comes a week after the EPA announced it would split up ORD, the agency’s main arm devoted to scientific research.

Howell said if the rest of the jobs are lost, the EPA could be losing not only “independent science” but also the “expertise” of those staffers.

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