Remember EPA head Stephen Johnson? His tale has been keeping us busy for a while, particularly because he's been battling with California over the state's desire to regulate tailpipe emissions ...

The plans were first reported by The New York Times. The Office of Research and Development — EPA's main science arm — currently has 1,540 positions, excluding special government employees and ...

The EPA, which has about 1,300 employees in RTP, did not immediately return a request to comment on the potential cuts and the local impact. But RTP holds one of the main sites for the Office of ...