# @chapelboronews on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2025-05-08T17:51:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Chapelboro.com (@chapelboronews) — https://gondola.cc/chapelboronews

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Last Friday, the Donald Trump administration announced plans to eliminate the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development, leaving employees with the choices of retiring, applying for new jobs, or waiting to be fired. The elimination of the EPA’s research arm is expected to cripple scientific progress in environmental fields at a time when climate disasters are growing more frequent and more severe each season.

Ashley Ward, director of the Heat Policy Innovation Hub at Duke University, acknowledged how challenging the change from the Biden to Trump administrations has been and said she sometimes feels overwhelmed and frightened. But, she said, she finds solace in the fact that many people are still working through these issues regardless of the executive branch’s actions.

“It’s been a difficult time. But I want to remind people that no matter who is in office, the work of protecting our communities, the work to strengthen our infrastructure, our society, the work to help us be more responsive and prepared for these extremes, all of that work continues,” she said to 97.9 The Hill last week. “It’s happening in city halls, it’s happening in clinics, it’s happening in churches, it’s happening in offices and boardrooms throughout the country.”

Beyond the scientific work continuing in the federal government, Ward said private companies also have logical reasons to invest in sustainability and climate change mitigation because of simple economics; climate disasters weaken the ability of companies to successfully do business. The policy advocate said despite the political turmoil, she’s recently seen lots of engagement in climate issues from private firms. This creates good opportunities for investment in research and climate resilience with or without a federal presence.

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