Employees in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights have been told ...

The move would unwind a Biden administration program to aid poor communities recovering from environmental risks.

In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were on administrative leave, effective immediately.

Over 160 EPA employees placed on paid administrative leave as a result of an executive order targeting diversity-related ...

More than 200 people work for EPA’s environmental justice programs in the agency’s headquarters in downtown Washington and ...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at ...

Former EPA regional administrators worry the actions will unravel decades of work protecting public health from pollution.

The U.S. Senate confirmed leaders of several agencies this week, some of which have connections to waste. Meanwhile, officials are putting funding for programs at USAID and elsewhere up in the air.

President Donald Trump has significantly reduced staffing within a civil rights office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency currently investigating dozens of complaints, including two involving ...

Advocates and former EPA officials say the imminent closure will likely have lasting harmful impacts on Black, brown and poor communities.

Environmental advocates warned that closing the Office of Environmental Justice would lead to more toxic contaminants, ...

In this guest column, Terrance Bankston argues that the current plans for the Louisiana International Terminal at the Port of ...