“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump

More than 300 EPA employees have left their jobs since the election, ProPublica finds.

The numbers account for a relatively small share of the overall workforce at the EPA .

Those who have departed include toxicologists, lawyers, engineers, biologists, toxic waste specialists, emergency workers, and water and air quality experts.

More than 500 EPA workers have departed since Nov. 22 , ProPublica found.

The agency has more than 300 career staffers who have left since the election.

It is unclear exactly what motivated staffers to leave in recent weeks and how many more might be forced out.

The EPA 's mission to protect human health and the environment requires it to regulate powerful companies.

For some staff, the rapid changes are a bridge too far.

One scientist described the mood within his office as “a combination of exhaustion and exasperation with what’s very clearly a calculated campaign of harassment” Another scientist, who oversees the cleanup of highly contaminated sites, vows to stand up to the administration.