EPA, environmental justice

EPA pauses environmental justice workers, sparking fears of hurting Michigan projects
The EPA's 168 environmental justice workers join other EPA workers who have been notified their jobs are in jeopardy.
EPA Begins to Put Environmental-Justice Workers On Leave
The move would unwind a Biden administration program to aid poor communities recovering from environmental risks.
EPA places more than 160 environmental justice employees on paid leave
Employees in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights have been told they are being placed on paid administrative leave as the agency executes the Trump administration’s executive order to wipe out all program offices it deems as tied to diversity,
EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave
In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
Trump administration cuts environmental justice programs at EPA, DOJ
The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the Environmental Protection Agency, and is pursuing staff reductions in similar programs at the Justice Department.
Environmental justice staff put on leave at EPA
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EPA’s environmental justice office in tatters
EPA’s national office to aid long forgotten neighborhoods saddled with pollution, created with much fanfare during the previous administration, is in trouble.
EPA puts 168 staffers on administrative leave
EPA said it will consider a new structure for the Office of Environmental Justice, which was formed during the Biden administration.
Trump Guts EPA’s Environmental Justice Office, Putting Poorest Communities of Color at More Risk
The Trump administration is planning to shutter the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights at the ...
Trump's Push to End DEI Sharply Impacts EPA's Environmental Justice Office
Staff with the EPA's Environmental Justice office were told they will be placed on administrative leave as the agency ...
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‘Environmental Justice’ Is the Latest Biden-Era Initiative To Be Purged by Trump Administration
When the consequences of the environmental justice movement mean fewer high paying jobs, then it's not justice,’ director for ...
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EPA places 168 environmental justice staffers on leave
More than 200 people work for EPA’s environmental justice programs in the agency’s headquarters in downtown Washington and ...
EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights likely to close
Staffers with the Office of Environmental Justice were informed their department is expecting a notice that the office is closing or they are being placed on leave as early as Thursday.
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Project 2025 adviser takes the reins at EPA region including Texas
Scott Mason IV, a former deputy energy secretary for Oklahoma and member of the Cherokee nation, is the new administrator for ...
“We Feel Terrorized”: What EPA Employees Say About the Decision to Stay or Go Under Trump
More than 300 career employees at the Environmental Protection Agency have left. Those who remain face a painful decision: ...