environmental justice, EPA and Trump administration

Trump administration environmental justice removals cut across agencies
Agencies leaders placed nearly 200 on administrative leave as they wound down programs at the Justice and Energy departments and the Environmental Protection Agency.
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.
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 Begins to Put Environmental-Justice Workers On Leave
The move would unwind a Biden administration program to aid poor communities recovering from environmental risks.
7 Boston EPA staffers placed on leave for work on environmental justice and DEI
The Boston staffers are part of a nationwide sweep of EPA offices that put 168 workers on administrative leave this week. It follows President Trump’s executive actions calling for an end to equity, diversity and environmental justice programs.
Trump administration cuts environmental justice programs at EPA, DOJ, sources say
By Valerie Volcovici, Sarah N. Lynch and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has placed on leave over 100 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the Environmental Protection Agency,
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.
How environmental groups are battling the 1st actions of the Trump administration
Environmental nonprofits are gearing up to challenge the number of actions President Donald Trump has issued since he took ...
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A former EPA assistant administrator on US environmental policy in the age of Musk and Trump
"If they try to enforce their anti-climate prejudice, they’re going to end up inevitably hurting people’s health as well." ...
Trump moves to shutter environmental offices across the government
The administration plans to close the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice office and remake the Justice ...
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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 ...
Senate confirms Zeldin to lead Environmental Protection Agency as Trump vows to cut climate rules
Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Former Rep. Lee Zeldin, R-N.Y., President-elect Donald Trump’s pick ...
WA roads agency had been expecting federal EV charger funds could be stalled
Washington was in line to receive $71 million for chargers along I-5 and other roads. But the U.S. Department of ...
Trump Is Targeting Key Environmental Employees Who Help Prosecute Polluters
Friday termination notices, abrupt reassignments and the erasure of key environmental websites put the future of policing ...
EPA funds still frozen despite agency memo, lawmakers’ pressure
The EPA's directive after a court ruling has still not yet unlocked all the funding mandated under the laws passed by ...