Nearly 170 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR) were placed on paid administrative leave on Thursday, according to ...

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 ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Nearly 90% of EPA’s staff will be furloughed in the government shutdown. Research, new grants and permits, and ...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency confirmed on Thursday that 168 staff members in the Office of Environmental Justice were placed on administrative leave "as their function did not relate to ...

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 ...

Employees tasked with overseeing environmental justice initiatives at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency could be placed on immediate administrative leave as soon as today, leaving them in limbo ...

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The Trump administration is planning to shutter the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights at the Environmental Protection Agency and has placed nearly 170 employees on ...

More reports surfaced this week of personnel cuts within multiple agency offices, with employees tied to environmental justice programs going on administrative leave. The Wall Street Journal reported ...

This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Trump administration moved last Monday to slash federal jobs across two ...