The American Environment Agency saber a quarter of its employees due to the cuts

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on Friday that it will get rid of almost a quarter of its workforce as part of the vast budget cuts imposed by the government of the Climatosceptic President Donald Trump.

Scheduled for several months, these draconian discounts have worried environmental defenders who fear their negative impacts in a country faced with air pollution and frequent natural disasters aggravated by global warming.

Responsible for ensuring the cleanliness of the air, the earth and the water, theEPA had 16,155 employees in January when Donald Trump was invested for his second term. But as part of its workforce reduction plan, this figure will fall to 12,448, a drop of 22.9 %, the agency announced.

This reduction in the workforce will allow us to better fulfill this mission while managing the money of your taxes hardly earned in a responsible mannerthe chief of theEPA, Lee Zeldin, a Donald Trump Proche.

$ 750 million less in the environment

Since his return to power, Donald Trump, notorious climatosceptic, has revealed all in terms of climate and environmental protection.

Under his leadership, Lee Zeldin launched multiple approaches to lighten regulations on several eternal pollutants (PFAS) or delete polluting car restrictions on cars.

According to theEPAthe announced discounts will save money of almost $ 750 million, the government seeking to lower the agency’s budget by more than 50 %.

L’EPA assures that his services will endeavor to remedy delays in examining hundreds of chemicals and thousands of pesticides, while developing a new strategy vis-à-vis the PFAS.

In early July, theEPA had announced the forced leave of 139 employees who had signed an open letter where they accused the Trump administration of endangering the population for the benefit of polluters.