Under Musk-Trump, We Need Environmental Justice More Than Ever
Musk and Trump have gutted federal environmental justice programs. Here’s what's at stake and how we’re fighting back.
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.
EPA to end environmental justice programs, monitoring tools
As part of the Trump administration’s end to environmental justice programs, the waste industry no longer has access to EJScreen, a monitoring tool used to track environmental justice metrics near facilities.
EPA Plans to Close Environmental Justice Offices, Leaving Communities to Face Pollution Alone
Yesterday, news broke that a memo from Lee Zeldin, the new administrator of the EPA, directed the agency to eliminate all offices that focus on environmental justice. These offices, part of each of EPA’s 10 regional offices,
Environmental justice offices to close under Trump administration, impacting vulnerable communities
Launched under the Clinton administration, the environmental justice offices aimed to shield disadvantaged communities from disproportionate health and environmental risks.
EPA eliminating environmental justice jobs
The positions will be eliminated "immediately," according to a memo by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin.
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.
How Trump’s environmental justice cuts at EPA could affect California
The Trump administration’s plan to shutter the Environmental Protection Agency’s programs on equity and justice could cripple efforts to curb pollution in California’s most disadvantaged communities,
EPA cites DEI as it preps to shutter environmental justice offices
The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate offices that handle environmental justice issues, like pollution in poor neighborhoods and communities of color. It’s part of a wider crackdown on Biden-era climate policies.
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 has one of the more robust environmental justice laws in the country.
Trump to dismantle crucial environmental justice offices
The Trump administration is set to eliminate environmental justice offices that address pollution in low-income and minority communities across the US.
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