The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the ...

Staff with the EPA's Environmental Justice office were told they will be placed on administrative leave as the agency ...

Employees in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights have been told ...

WASHINGTON >> The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at ...

Advocates and former EPA officials say the imminent closure will likely have lasting harmful impacts on Black, brown and poor ...

The move would unwind a Biden administration program to aid poor communities recovering from environmental risks.

The Trump administration is planning to shutter the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights at the ...

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.

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.

"If they try to enforce their anti-climate prejudice, they’re going to end up inevitably hurting people’s health as well." ...