US EditionEPA firing 280 staffers who fought pollution in overburdened neighborhoods
- The Environmental Protection Agency is terminating around 280 employees involved in environmental justice and diversity programs through a reduction in force process, which will take effect on July 31.
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a rollback of key environmental regulations, stating he would drive 'a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion.'
- The agency's staffing cuts coincided with the day before Earth Day, raising concerns among staff and environmental advocates.
- EPA spokeswoman Molly Vaseliou confirmed that the reductions comply with federal regulations for workforce reshaping.
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'Sick': Trump Marks Earth Day With Layoff Notice for Hundreds of EPA Staff - Alaska Native News
“The only people who will benefit from their firings are corporate polluters.” As defenders of the planet marked Earth Day with pledges to fight the destructive agenda of U.S. President Donald Trump, some green groups on Tuesday responded with alarm to the administration’s plans for layoffs at the Environmental Protection Agency. Several news outlets obtained the notice that EPA […] The post ‘Sick’: Trump Marks Earth Day With Layoff Notice for H…
EPA Continues to Dismantle Environmental Justice Office, Announces Plans to Terminate Nearly 300 Employees - Inside Climate News
The Monday announcement also said 175 additional employees in the office would be reassigned within the agency.By Georgina GustinThe Trump administration has taken another step toward stripping the government’s ability to tackle environmental pollution and its dangerous health effects in historically disadvantaged and overburdened communities.
On Earth Day, EPA union workers decry cuts to clean air and water regulations
Earth Day was marked not with celebration but with a sense of urgency and despair for Environmental Protection Agency union members in Chicago as the Trump administration continues to roll back environmental regulations and lay off hundreds of employees.On Tuesday, more than 50 Midwest EPA union members and environmental advocates, many dressed in black, held tombstone-shaped signs as they chanted, “We want clean air, we want clean water," in do…
Trump EPA Cleans House, Will Fire Hundreds of Workers Involved in Marxist 'Environmental Justice' and DEI Programs
Screenshot: Lee Zeldin / EPA Chief President Trump’s EPA is cleaning house and will fire or reassign hundreds of workers involved in Marxist ‘environmental justice’ and DEI programs. Joe Biden used the EPA to fund Marxist pet projects. In 2024, Biden’s EPA announced $1.6 billion in ‘environmental and climate justice community change grants.’ Biden’s EPA also secretly sheltered $20 billion at Citibank to be later disbursed to 8 far-left green ‘no…
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