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

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

Environmental Protection Agency employees who work in the environmental justice and civil rights office expect a new round of ...

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.

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

The U.S. Senate confirmed leaders of several agencies this week, some of which have connections to waste. Meanwhile, ...

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

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.

Today it was confirmed that the Trump administration abolished the historic Office of Environmental Justice and External ...

President Donald Trump’s early executive actions have rescinded environmental justice initiatives dating back more than 30 years as a part of the ...