E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices
An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.
EPA to end environmental justice programs, monitoring tools
As part of the Trump administration’s end to environmental justice programs, the waste industry no longer has access to EJScreen, a monitoring tool used to track environmental justice metrics near facilities.
EPA eliminating environmental justice jobs
Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin ... with regional offices in 10 locations to expand the department's work within impacted communities that are harmed by environmental ...
EPA reverses course, reinstating dozens of environmental justice workers
The staffing reversal comes one month after the agency dismissed employees of the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights.
EPA Plans to Close Environmental Justice Offices, Leaving Communities to Face Pollution Alone
Yesterday, news broke that a memo from Lee Zeldin, the new administrator of the EPA, directed the agency to eliminate all offices that focus on environmental justice. These offices, part of each of EPA’s 10 regional offices,
How Trump’s environmental justice cuts at EPA could affect California
The Trump administration’s plan to shutter the Environmental Protection Agency’s programs on equity and justice could cripple efforts to curb pollution in California’s most disadvantaged communities,
EPA cites DEI as it preps to shutter environmental justice offices
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate offices that handle environmental justice issues, like pollution in poor neighborhoods and communities of color. It’s part of a wider crackdown on Biden-era climate policies.
EPA shuts down 10 environmental justice offices, axes EJ division
It's the latest move by the Trump administration to undo long-standing efforts to confront pollution-exposure inequities.
Remote work helps the environment. Here's how.
But starting in March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced many employees who weren't essential workers to switch to ...
Trump’s purge of federal workers threatens environmental, scientific studies in SC
Scientists involved in coastal research at a Charleston laboratory are in the government’s crosshairs as President Donald Trump seeks to cut thousands of federal jobs.
EPA takes aim at water, air and toxics protections as part of massive deregulation campaign
As Zeldin's EPA announced reconsideration of these standards, it released a statement saying, the regulations imposed, "$700 ...
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Trump slashes environmental programs in Chicago that protect poor communities
The Environmental Protection Agency is closing offices across the country as part of a wider rollback of pollution ...