Trump administration cuts environmental justice programs at EPA, DOJ, sources say
The Trump administration has placed on leave over 100 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the ...
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‘It’s Worse Every Day’: Environmental Justice Staffers at EPA Face Uncertain Future as Potential Layoffs Loom
Former EPA regional administrators worry the actions will unravel decades of work protecting public health from pollution.
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 ...
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Biden’s 11th-Hour Ethylene Oxide Decision Continues the Environmental Protection Agency’s Expansion Into Occupational Safety
On January 14, 2025, the Biden administration’s U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) posted a last-minute “interim” decision in the ...
Senate confirms Zeldin to lead Environmental Protection Agency as Trump vows to cut climate rules
WASHINGTON -- The Republican-controlled Senate on Wednesday confirmed Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency, ...
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States jockey for carbon storage authority from Trump EPA
“EPA must move to swiftly and rigorously review and make determinations on pending projects and primacy applications to ...
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Energy Emergency and Environmental Rollbacks: What Recent Executive Orders Mean for Environmental Policies and Regulated Industry
Within hours of his inauguration on January 20, 2025, Trump signed 26 executive orders, several of which directly altered United States ...
Trump Aims to Rescind a Half-Century of Environmental Rules
Carter’s order gave the Council on Environmental Quality, a branch of the White House, the authority to issue binding ...
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'Early Action' Plan May Spur Long Delayed Newtown Creek Cleanup
The Environmental Protection Agency this month finalized plans for an “early action” cleanup of one of the most polluted ...