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Nearly 1,600 EPA Employees Have Left The Agency Since Trump Took Office

Ashe Schow

Donald Trump has been president for 18 months, and in that time, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has lost nearly 8 percent of its workforce.

Nearly 1,600 employees left the EPA and fewer than 400 were hired, according to The Washington Post. The loss has resulted in the lowest levels of employment since the Reagan administration.

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