Environmental Protection Agency, EPA

Trump administration expected to put EPA environmental justice and civil rights workers on administrative leave
Environmental Protection Agency employees who work in the environmental justice and civil rights office expect a new round of paid leave notices that will impact even more federal workers, four sources familiar with the matter told CNN.
Trump to Place at Least 100 EPA Environmental Justice Workers on Leave
The move would unwind a Biden administration program to aid poor communities recovering from environmental risks.
Trump's Push to End DEI Could Cut 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 complies with President Trump's orders.
EPA Staff Who Assist Heavily Polluted Communities Are Put On Leave
President Trump is likely to close the office as he moves to eliminate programs on environmental justice, which aims to protect poor and minority communities from disproportionate harm from pollution.
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.
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 places 168 environmental justice staffers on leave
EPA leadership put 168 employees involved with the agency’s environmental justice work on administrative leave Thursday. That effort, which was housed in the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights created by the Biden administration in 2022,
EPA's environmental justice office 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.
Trump administration targets EPA staff in latest DEI crackdown
Trump's new administration is expected to put EPA environmental justice and civil rights employees on administrative leave in the coming days and weeks.
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Trump EPA Spending Freeze Continues despite Court Orders
Two judges have ordered the Trump administration to lift a freeze on spending, including at the Environmental Protection ...
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New Wave of Executive Orders Seek to Redirect EPA’s Focus
Within hours of taking office, President Trump issued a flurry of Executive Orders (EO), including several that will ...
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EPA Tasked With Rethinking Its Mission Under Trump Executive Orders
New EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin will need to hit the ground running to keep up with the requirements and deadlines set in motion on the first day ...
Appropriations Democrats press Zeldin on ‘illegal’ EPA grant freeze
Four congressional Democrats in senior positions on appropriations panels wrote to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ...
Trump's executive orders might threaten growth of electric vehicles and wind power
With two executive orders, President Donald Trump changed the trajectory of two of the fastest-growing climate-friendly ...
New Trump Executive Order Aims To Speed Deregulation
Trump’s latest regulatory executive order requires agencies to remove ten rules for every new one, revokes Biden ...