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Trump fires 388 US Environmental Protection Agency staff
The United States’ Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, on Friday said it has terminated 388 employees hired over the last two years. EPA spokesperson, Molly Vaseliou made this disclosure in a statement on Friday Vaseliou said the termination exercise will align its workforce with President Donald Trump’s energy dominance policy agenda.
Trump administration terminates 388 EPA staff
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Friday said it has terminated 388 employees hired over the last two years, saying this will align its workforce with President Donald Trump's "energy dominance" policy agenda.
President Trump's New EPA Administrator Unveils Agency's New Priorities
Amid uncertainty over future staffing and funding levels, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced a new priority
EPA Terminates Nearly 400 Workers Amid US Government Purge
The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it had fired 388 workers, part of a wave of terminations across the federal government this week spurred by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Trump taps EPA enforcement leader
The Trump administration is bringing in a new top official to lead EPA’s enforcement office on an acting basis. Jeffrey Hall, previously a partner at Burke Law Group, is joining the agency as principal deputy assistant administrator in its Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance,
Trump's EPA cuts cast uncertainty over permitting in Texas and other states
The Trump administration's decision to put more than 170 employees on leave last week at the Environmental Protection Agency ...
EPA chief says he will seek return of $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded by Biden
In a major reversal, the new head of the Environmental Protection Agency says he'll try to rescind $20 billion in grants ...
Zeldin: Biden EPA Was Shoveling Boatloads Of Cash To Left-Wing Activist Groups In The Name Of Environmental Justice
EPA: Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency has found billions of taxpayer dollars ...
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A former EPA assistant administrator on US environmental policy in the age of Musk and Trump
"If they try to enforce their anti-climate prejudice, they’re going to end up inevitably hurting people’s health as well." ...
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 ...
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EPA puts 168 staffers on administrative leave
The Environmental Protection ... EPA spokesperson Molly Vaseliou said in a statement. “As such, 168 staffers were placed on administrative leave as their function did not relate to the agency ...
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The EPA Is Trying to Terrify Employees Into Quitting
More than 1,100 Environmental Protection Agency employees ... be aligned with the national interest of the United ...
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‘Targeted and belittled’: scientists at US environmental agency speak out as layoffs begin
President Donald Trump and his team view the Environmental Protection Agency as a threat to US prosperity. Workers have been ...
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U.S. Environmental Protection Agency: Administrator Lee Zeldin Outlines Agency Priorities
United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced on February 4th the federal agency’s priorities under the Trump Administration. Administrator Zeldin entitled ...
EPA looks to claw back $20B in ‘gold bars’ given to climate groups
The Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to claw back around $20 billion in grant funding approved for climate projects ...