US Edition144 EPA Workers Suspended with Pay over Dissent Letter
- On Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency placed 139 employees on paid administrative leave after they endorsed a letter expressing opposition to Administrator Lee Zeldin and his management of the agency.
- The employees signed the "Declaration of Dissent" sent on Monday, which accused EPA leadership of harmful deregulation and undermining the agency’s mission.
- The suspensions follow ongoing concerns about Zeldin's budget cuts, regulatory rollbacks, and the politicization of the EPA undermining scientific consensus and public trust.
- EPA stated it has a zero-tolerance policy against career staff unlawfully undermining the administration’s agenda, while union leaders condemned the suspensions as retaliation and vowed to defend employee rights.
- The administrative inquiry into the suspensions prompts concerns about the agency’s commitment to scientific independence and its effectiveness in safeguarding public health and the environment.
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139 EPA employees who spoke out against Trump policies are put on leave
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday put on administrative leave 139 employees who signed a “declaration of dissent” with its policies, accusing them of “unlawfully undermining” the Trump administration’s agenda.
Environmental Protection Agency puts 139 employees who spoke out against Trump on leave
The Environmental Protection Agency has put on administrative leave 139 employees who signed a "declaration of dissent" with its policies, accusing them of "unlawfully undermining" the Trump administration's agenda.
The suspension of employees of the Environmental Protection Agency occurs after the publication of an open letter denouncing the increasing politicization of this institution and referring to the endangerment of the population.
EPA puts 139 employees on leave for ‘sabotaging and undercutting’ Trump policies
Their letter made public Monday represented rare public criticism from agency employees who knew they could face blowback for speaking out against a weakening of funding and federal support for climate, environment and health science programs.
The Fort Morgan Times
EPA workers in Denver among 139 put on leave for signing ‘Declaration of Dissent’ letter
Three Environmental Protection Agency employees in Denver are among 139 workers who on Thursday were placed on administrative leave for signing a letter that was critical of administrator Lee Zeldin and his oversight of the agency. Two employees in the EPA’s Region 8 headquarters in Denver and one who works at the EPA’s National Enforcement Investigations Center in Lakewood are under investigation for signing the letter, said Kate Tribbett, vice…
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