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EPA canceling nearly 800 environmental justice grants
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is canceling nearly 800 grants, most of which have to do with environmental justice ...
US EPA cancelling all environmental justice grants, Washington Post reports
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is in the process of canceling almost 800 grants, including all aimed at promoting ...
EPA Dismantles Environmental Justice Office, Weakens Civil Rights Protections, Experts Say
Federal environmental statutes, such as the Clean Air Act and Toxic Substances Control Act, take into account vulnerable ...
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Massachusetts Joins States in Legal Pushback Against Congressional Moves to Curb EPA Science
Massachusetts AG Andrea Joy Campbell challenges Congressional bills that could limit the use of scientific assessments, ...
EPA begins layoffs of environmental justice staff
The reduction-in-force letters were sent to nearly 200 employees of the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil ...
EPA fires or reassigns hundreds of DEI, environmental-justice employees
The Environmental Protection Agency told more than 450 employees working in diversity, equity and inclusion -- as well as ...
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Three Environmental Law Takeaways on President Trump Ordering DOJ to Rescind Civil Rights ‘Disparate Impact’ Regulations
On April 22, the Trump Administration issued an Executive Order (EO) directing the US Department of Justice (DOJ) to begin to unwind ...
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin says Trump deregulatory actions won't have adverse effects on people and the environment
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he can "absolutely" guarantee the deregulatory actions announced last month won't have an ...
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EPA begins layoffs of environmental justice staff
WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - The Environmental Protection Agency sent termination ... how the energy transition is transforming the United States. Other areas of coverage include her award ...