Trump EPA’s dismantling of environmental justice efforts leaves Colorado to protect most vulnerable communities
The agreement between the EPA and Colorado illustrates how the state has benefited from strong federal oversight even when it ...
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Trump slashes environmental programs in Chicago that protect poor communities
The Environmental Protection Agency is closing offices across the country as part of a wider rollback of pollution ...
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Environmental Justice Revisited
Since January 20, 2025, the Trump Administration has implemented numerous changes to federal environmental justice (“EJ”) initiatives which ...
Trump DOT chief rejects inclusion of environmental justice factors in infrastructure decisions
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has rescinded two Biden-era memos that had state agencies consider social and ...
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Gov. Mike Braun orders limits on environmental laws, cuts environmental justice from permit criteria
One order aims to reduce environmental “over-regulation” to help businesses grow and another cuts environmental justice out ...
Advocate blast Braun for barring social justice factors in environmental policy decisions
Gov. Mike Braun on Wednesday signed two new executive orders -- including one to ease burden of environmental policy on ...
EPA to steer environmental cops away from energy companies
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) indicated this week that it will steer its environmental cops away from energy companies.  The EPA can pursue civil or criminal cases against polluters.
Trump’s EPA takes steps to roll back dozens of environmental regulations
The EPA administrator says he is rolling back dozens of environmental rules, including those crucial to California programs ...