In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.
The move would unwind a Biden administration program to aid poor communities recovering from environmental risks.
The EPA's 168 environmental justice workers join other EPA workers who have been notified their jobs are in jeopardy.
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Justice for people, animals and the environment are inextricable, Arcus Foundation saysBy Mike DiGirolamo Bryan Simmons, communications vice president at the Arcus Foundation, joins Mongabay’s podcast to discuss ...
Environmental justice's growing EPA footprint–slashed For many years, environmental justice work at EPA had been housed in the small Office of Environmental Justice, staffed by a few dozen people.
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