EPA, environmental justice

EPA Places Nearly 200 Employees on Leave in Response to Trump DEI Order
The agency said 11 of the employees were working "in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility" and 160 were working on environmental justice initiatives.
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.
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As President Donald Trump's second administration continued its effort to swiftly reshape the federal government, a union representing foreign service officers at the U.S. Agency for International Development accused the administration of failing to comply with last week’s temporary restraining order to prevent the dismantling of USAID.
Environmental justice staff put on leave at EPA
Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Environmental justice staff put on leave at EPAThe Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put more than
Trump cuts environmental justice programs at EPA, DOJ
WASHINGTON >> 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.
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 employees who tackle pollution in overburdened communities on leave
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put more than 160 workers who tackle pollution in overburdened communities on leave. The employees were part of the agency’s Office of Environmental
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.
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.
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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More Than $1 Billion for California Climate Justice Imperiled by Trump
More than $1 billion in federal EPA funding awarded to California-based agencies and organizations to accelerate the ...
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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 ...
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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 ...