EPA Rollbacks Mean More Pollution, Less Justice for Black Communities
For a quarter of a century, a Black neighborhood in Beaumont, Texas, where Chris Jones lives has been the subject of two ...
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EPA to end environmental justice programs, monitoring tools
As part of the Trump administration’s end to environmental justice programs, it has cut off access to EJScreen, a monitoring ...
Why the EPA is removing environmental justice offices? Closures are in response to Trump's orders on DEI
The Environmental Protection Agency will close all environmental justice offices which are responsible for addressing ...
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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 ...
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EPA Scraps $1.7 Billion Worth Of DEI And Environmental Justice Grants
Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin took to social media Monday to announce the cancellation of over 400 ...
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EPA Administrator Zeldin Dismantles Environmental Justice Offices and Programs
Lee Zeldin's memo ends environmental justice efforts at the EPA, closing 10 of 10 Environmental Justice Divisions. Critics say this undermines environmental policy.
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The end of the EPA’s fight to protect overpolluted communities
Two former EPA staffers on what the closure of the agency’s environmental justice offices means for the country and the ...
EPA cancels grant to monitor pollution around Delaware City Refinery. Here's why
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency cancelled a grant that would monitor air pollutants near the Delaware City Refinery.