The decision to fire or reassign employees is part of Trump officials’ push to close the EPA’s Office of Environmental ...

From her home on Louisiana's "Cancer Alley," Lydia Gerard looks down at her 8-month-old great-granddaughter and wonders if ...

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 ...

These staffers worked in an area known as environmental justice, which helps communities that face a disproportionate amount of pollution, especially minority or low-income communities.

issued termination notices to nearly 200 employees working in environmental justice programs, saying their roles "no longer align" with the agency’s revised mission. The affected employees ...

said 280 staffers who work in the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights in Washington or who do that work in regional offices would be laid off at the end of July. An ...