As the agency is encouraging more departures, EPA on Thursday announced “the next phase of organizational improvements.” The restructuring will impact EPA’s Office of Mission Support, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, and Office of Land and Emergency Management, EPA said in a press release.

Agency Cites Projected Savings and Focus on Core Mission The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a substantial staff reduction on Friday, attributing the move to a broader reorganization effort aimed at generating significant taxpayer savings.

UCLA research programs hit by EPA cuts amid national changes to climate policy Lee Zeldin, the new Environmental Protection Agency administrator, is pictured.

The number of affected drinking water systems grows with each update as the EPA adds more test results. See if your water utility made the list.

How Changes at the EPA Could Cost Billions The AP estimates that the targeted regulations would have saved billions of dollars and thousands of lives each year.

The Environmental Protection Agency didn't provide details about what it wants to do with the regulations — whether it will try to weaken them or eliminate them entirely.

Finstad wrote that many of the groups that sent the petition "have a well-documented history of anti-agriculture environmental activism" and that farmers and the state have made positive changes.

That policy—which Zeldin called “the holy grail of the climate change religion”—gave the EPA enormous regulatory authority over the economy and imposed enormous costs on businesses.