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WASHINGTON — The would undermine the agency’s ability to protect public health, communities, and wildlife. Policymakers, on the state and federal level, rely on rigorous, peer-reviewed research from the EPA to safeguard clean air and water.

“Closing the EPA’s research office and hampering the ability of the agency to gather and share up-to-date scientific guidance is incredibly dangerous for public health and communities,” said Diane Pataki, chief scientist for the National Wildlife Federation, who previously served on the department’s advisory committee. “We owe huge gains in clean air and water throughout the U.S. to the work of EPA scientists. Weakening the agency’s ability to conduct independent research will derail the state and federal policies that protect the public from toxic pollutants and the worsening impacts of the climate crisis. Now more than ever, we need a strong EPA that follows the best available science to protect people and wildlife.”