E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices
An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.
Trump EPA’s dismantling of environmental justice efforts leaves Colorado to protect most vulnerable communities
The agreement between the EPA and Colorado illustrates how the state has benefited from strong federal oversight even when it ...
The Trump Administration’s Environmental Pile-On
Environmental justice was patching over gaps in federal law that allowed for zones of concentrated harms.
EPA froze ‘green bank’ funds worth billions, climate group suit says
In a related action, the Coalition for Green Capital, a separate group that received $5 billion from the Biden-era program, ...
With environmental justice at risk, will Colorado persist despite budget cuts, Trump’s weakened EPA?
State officials say they’ll fight for environment “with or without the federal government,” but critics are skeptical.
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EPA boss vows cuts to staff, real estate, museum
The cuts are part of a plan to slash 65 percent of the agency’s spending, said EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.  EPA ...
$375B EPA slush fund handled by John Podesta gave billions to charities founded only months earlier
The EPA gave out $20 billion to environmental justice and green credit groups that had barely registered with the IRS.
Chicago Teachers Union got last-second funding from the Biden EPA
Just days before then-President-elect Donald Trump was set to take office, President Joe Biden’s Environmental Protection ...