EPA puts 171 employees on leave

EPA puts 171 employees on leave to comply with Trump anti-DEI order
"Under President Trump, the EPA will be focused on our core mission to protect human health and the environment," Administrator Lee Zeldin wrote in a statement.
EPA places more than 160 environmental justice employees on paid leave
Employees in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights have been told they are being placed on paid administrative leave as the agency executes the Trump administration’s executive order to wipe out all program offices it deems as tied to diversity,
Trump's Push to End DEI Sharply Impacts EPA's Environmental Justice Office
Staff with the EPA's Environmental Justice office were told they will be placed on administrative leave as the agency complies with President Trump's orders.
EPA Begins to Put Environmental-Justice Workers On Leave
The move would unwind a Biden administration program to aid poor communities recovering from environmental risks.
EPA puts employees who tackle pollution in overburdened communities on leave
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put more than 160 workers who tackle pollution in overburdened communities on leave. The employees were part of the agency’s Office of Environmental
Trump administration cuts environmental justice programs at EPA, DOJ
The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the Environmental Protection Agency, and is pursuing staff reductions in similar programs at the Justice Department.
Trump to reportedly put EPA environmental justice workers on paid leave
Sources said President Donald Trump is planning to put over 100 Environmental Protection Agency workers on leave.
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Trump 2nd term live updates: EPA puts 11 DEI and 160 environmental justice staffers on leave
As President Donald Trump's second administration continued its effort to swiftly reshape the federal government, a union representing foreign service officers at the U.S. Agency for International Development accused the administration of failing to comply with last week’s temporary restraining order to prevent the dismantling of USAID.
EPA puts Environmental Justice staff on leave after Justice40 cuts
The Trump administration continues to dismantle environmental justice staff and EPA programs. Over 150 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency’s) Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR) were placed on paid administrative leave last Thursday.
The Trump administration's plans to dismantle the EPA
Since the inauguration, the Trump administration has focused intently on the EPA, notifying more than 1,100 employees that they could be fired immediately
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