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Minority Communities May Pay a Price

As Trump's EPA ends 'environmental justice,' minority communities may pay a price

By Ned Randolph and Daniel Trotta LAPLACE, Louisiana (Reuters) -From her home on Louisiana's "Cancer Alley," Lydia Gerard looks down at her 8-month-old great-granddaughter and wonders if she will one day suffer the same fate as her many friends and relatives whose lives were cut short by the disease.

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EPA fires or reassigns hundreds working on 'environmental justice'

President Donald Trump's administration took aim at "environmental justice" programs at the EPA on Monday, eliminating hundreds of jobs.

Independent Journal Review · 5h

Trump Admin Reportedly Axing EPA’s Environmental Justice Workforce

The Trump administration is proceeding with the first wave of layoffs at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), mainly centered around

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EPA firing 280 staffers who fought pollution in overburdened neighborhoods

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will fire 280 staffers who worked on tackling pollution in overburdened and ...

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Hundreds of EPA employees face layoffs or transfers

The “reduction in force” will take effect July 31, though some staffers could have to take another position to stay with the ...

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On Earth Day, EPA union workers decry cuts to clean air and water regulations

Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, Environmental Protection Agency employees and advocates call for help as the ...

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Trump administration dismantles pollution protections and deletes public data as EPA grants sweeping exemptions to industry

Environmental groups sue over deletion of climate and justice tools while polluters receive fast-tracked exemptions from EPA oversight.

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Trump EPA issues first layoff notices

The reduction in force plan affects staffers in the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights and Regional ...

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April 20, 2025PBS News Weekend full episode

Sunday on PBS News Weekend, the Easter truce falters as Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of launching hundreds of attacks. What the elimination of the EPA’s environmental justice offices could ...

North Carolina Health News5d

Disrupted systems: How EPA cuts are shaking up community health and climate research

Canceled grants and shifting federal priorities are halting progress — and prompting a legal fight to protect climate ...

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