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Chemical Companies Want Trump’s EPA to Keep Their Secrets
Every year, dozens of accidents occur at high-risk chemical facilities. The chemical industry is pushing Donald Trump’s EPA ...
New EPA chief Lee Zeldin has an ambitious agenda — and a plan to keep courts from overturning it
President Trump’s first executive orders faced court challenges barely before the ink had dried. But the former Long Island ...
Trump administration cuts environmental justice programs at EPA, DOJ
The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the ...
Inside Climate News1d
‘It’s Worse Every Day’: Environmental Justice Staffers at EPA Face Uncertain Future as Potential Layoffs Loom
Former EPA regional administrators worry the actions will unravel decades of work protecting public health from pollution.
Trump's Push to End DEI Sharply Impacts EPA's Environmental Justice Office
Staff with the EPA's Environmental Justice office were told they will be placed on administrative leave as the agency ...
Lawsuit alleges first deaths from disastrous 2023 train derailment in Ohio
A lawsuit alleging for the first time that people died because of the disastrous 2023 East Palestine train derailment has ...
Scientific American4d
Trump EPA Spending Freeze Continues despite Court Orders
Two judges have ordered the Trump administration to lift a freeze on spending, including at the Environmental Protection ...
Waste Dive1d
New officials named as upheaval in EPA’s environmental justice office, federal workforce continues
The U.S. Senate confirmed leaders of several agencies this week, some of which have connections to waste. Meanwhile, ...
Brownstoner6d
'Early Action' Plan May Spur Long Delayed Newtown Creek Cleanup
The Environmental Protection Agency this month finalized plans for an “early action” cleanup of one of the most polluted ...
The Brooklyn Paper10d
After years of delays, EPA moves toward partial ‘early action’ cleanup of Newtown Creek
The Environmental Protection Agency this month finalized plans for an “early action” cleanup of one of the most polluted sections of the creek, the East Branch. The roughly half-mile long, 11-acre ...