Days after mass layoffs, EPA reinstates some New England employees
The EPA, which ensures the nation’s water is clean to drink and that air is safe to breathe, laid off almost 400 employees ...
Democrats denied access to EPA during attempt to meet with DOGE officials
A group of Congressional Democrats said they were denied entry to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after attempting ...
‘You’re looking over your shoulder.’ Inside New England’s EPA office amid Trump’s layoffs
Some grant-funded work, investments in solar energy and lead removal from homes in Massachusetts, has come to a standstill.
EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave
A majority of employees who work in the EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights have been put on paid leave effective immediately. They all work on environmental justice issues ...
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EPA places 168 environmental justice staffers on leave
More than 200 people work for EPA’s environmental justice programs in the agency’s headquarters in downtown Washington and ...
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Democrats denied access to EPA during attempt to meet with DOGE officials
along with Reps. Paul Tonko (D-N.Y.) and Yassamin Ansari (D-Ariz.), tried to enter EPA headquarters in Washington on Thursday but were turned away. “We were just denied entrance into the EPA ...
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EPA employees who work on environmental justice are put on leave
Dozens of staff based at EPA headquarters were affected, along with those from EPA's 10 regional offices around the country. NPR viewed the email and confirmed the reports with several sources ...