EPA puts employees who tackle pollution in overburdened communities on leave
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), led by former Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N.Y.), has put more than 160 workers who tackle ...
How Trump’s EPA Threatens Efforts to Clean Up Areas Affected Most by Dangerous Air Pollution
Donald Trump has made drastic changes to the Environmental Protection Agency. Here’s how they could impact efforts to reform ...
EPA set deadline for states to flag counties with excess soot pollution. Gov. Abbott won't follow it
Gov. Greg Abbott is opting to ignore a Feb. 7 federal deadline to identify which Texas counties violate new health limits for air pollution, potentially allowing Harris County and others off the hook ...
Trump cuts Environmental Justice Office putting Black communities at greater risk of pollution
The office, created in 2022 by President Joe Biden, was the culmination of years-long work by the EPA to address the ...
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 ...
Trump Guts EPA’s Environmental Justice Office, Putting Poorest Communities of Color at More Risk
The Trump administration is planning to shutter the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights at the ...
EPA pauses environmental justice workers, sparking fears of hurting Michigan projects
EPA's Region 5 is headquartered in Chicago and includes Michigan and other Great Lakes states. Cuts to the EPA's Office of ...
EPA Denial of Texas Ozone Pollution Plan Divides Fifth Circuit
Texas struggled to convince a federal appeals panel that the Environmental Protection Agency abused its discretion when it ...
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EPA environmental justice staff ousted amid ongoing industrial ag complaints
President Donald Trump has significantly reduced staffing within a civil rights office of the U.S. Environmental Protection ...
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Trump eliminates help for Black, Latino communities hit by pollution
For four years, the Environmental Protection Agency made environmental justice one of its biggest priorities, working to ...