Lee Zeldin's memo ends environmental justice efforts at the EPA, closing 10 of 10 Environmental Justice Divisions. Critics say this undermines environmental policy.

An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.

The Environmental Protection Agency will close all environmental justice offices which are responsible for addressing ...

Tracy J. Wholf is a senior coordinating producer of climate and environmental coverage for CBS News and Stations, based in New York. Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin is ...

Learn about Trump administration plan to eliminate EPA offices that address disproportionately high pollution levels in poor ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday that he would slash long-standing climate-change regulations ...

Environmental justice initiatives meant to ease pollution burdens on low-income and minority communities have lost support ...

The head of the Environmental Protection Agency has announced a series of actions to roll back landmark environmental ...

the Environmental Protection Agency on Tuesday announced plans to shutter all ten of the agency’s environmental justice regional offices as well as its central hub addressing the issue in Washington, ...