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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 ...
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 ...
Trump EPA cuts halt effort to address pollution, power outages in Houston's Greater Fifth Ward
The Trump administration has suspended hundreds of EPA grants nationwide, as they seek to slash government spending.
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Trump EPA issues first layoff notices
The reduction in force plan affects staffers in the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights and Regional ...
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Trump administration dismantles pollution protections and deletes public data as EPA grants sweeping exemptions to industry
Environmental groups sue over deletion of climate and justice tools while polluters receive fast-tracked exemptions from EPA oversight.
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April 20, 2025PBS News Weekend full episode
Sunday on PBS News Weekend, the Easter truce falters as Russia and Ukraine accuse each other of launching hundreds of attacks. What the elimination of the EPA’s environmental justice offices could ...
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Disrupted systems: How EPA cuts are shaking up community health and climate research
Canceled grants and shifting federal priorities are halting progress — and prompting a legal fight to protect climate ...