Several hundred people work in the Office of Research and Development at EPA's campus at Research Triangle Park. This office is being dissolved. Researchers will now move to different program offices.
Small businesses that depend on imported Chinese goods, like Asian restaurants and grocery stores, are grappling with rising costs due to the 145% tariff on China.
Under the Trump administration, the EPA is reportedly considering plans to dissolve its scientific research office. At Research Triangle Park, several hundred people work in this division at EPA’s large regional campus.