Trump’s EPA paid employees $86.5 million not to work for months

Data obtained by The Post via a FOIA request shows that through August, the EPA spent millions to compensate staff on administrative leave.
WBEZ

‘Everyone deserves clean air,’ says a Chicago EPA worker who fears her job will end

Ellie Hagen is a scientist at the Environmental Protection Agency. She worries proposed cuts at EPA will put people’s health at risk. This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ ...
Reuters

EPA begins layoffs of environmental justice staff

WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency sent termination notices on Tuesday to staff who work on environmental justice programs at its headquarters and across regional ...
dailyyonder.com

Closures of EPA’s Regional Environmental Justice Offices Will Hurt Rural America

A sign of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency building in Washington, DC. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) Environmental justice efforts at the ten U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regional ...
The New York Times

E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices

An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities. By Lisa Friedman The Trump administration intends to eliminate ...