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Union leaders, workers rally to protect EPA jobs, programs from Trump cuts
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency, OR EPA, said it is shuttering environmental justice offices and laying off ...
Trump EPA cuts halt effort to address pollution, power outages in Houston's Greater Fifth Ward
After decades of watching their neighborhoods suffer from industrial contamination, residents of Houston's Fifth Ward and ...
EPA firing 280 staffers who fought pollution in overburdened neighborhoods
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will fire 280 staffers who worked on tackling pollution in overburdened and ...
EPA administrator Lee Zeldin says Trump deregulatory actions won't have adverse effects on people and the environment
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said he can "absolutely" guarantee the deregulatory actions announced last month won't have an ...
EPA’s fight to freeze climate grants has ‘significant legal vulnerabilities,’ top attorney warned in email
The Trump administration's effort to regain control of $20 billion in already-distributed funding could expose the agency to billions in damages, a career lawyer wrote in an internal message obtained ...
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EPA advances Wahikuli sewer project design, as part of Maui wildfire recovery
The EPA reports this is a “marker of progress” in rebuilding wastewater infrastructure following the 2023 Maui wildfires. It ...
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Steubenville faces EPA violation over lack of Class 4 operator at water department
The city of Steubenville is under a violation by the Ohio EPA for not having a Class 4 operator at its water department.Last ...
On Earth Day, EPA union workers decry cuts to clean air and water regulations
Fifty-five years after the first Earth Day, Environmental Protection Agency employees and advocates call for help as the ...