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EPA Employees Decline to Snitch on Colleagues Working on DEI Initiatives
The Trump administration set up a tip line to assist in slashing programs focused on diversity, equity and inclusion.
EPA chief Zeldin faces bipartisan anger in Senate over funding freeze, grant cancellations
The head of the Environmental Protection Agency came under bipartisan criticism Wednesday over his agency's actions to cancel ...
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Environmental Advocates NY's Rob Hayes says the EPA's plan to roll back clean water regulations is harmful to New Yorkers
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has announced a plan to roll back a series of landmark clean water regulations.
US EPA to Rule on Backlog of Small Refinery Biofuel Exemption Requests, Zeldin Says
NEW YORK -The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has sent a proposed rule to the White House for review on the amount of ...
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EPA pause on job reassignments underscores staff frustrations
"We've been calling it the Hunger Games," said one employee granted anonymity, "1,500 employees scrambling for … we don't ...
You Hate Start/Stop Tech, and the EPA Chief Agrees: Here’s What Might Happen.
Administrator Lee Zeldin said “everyone hates it,” but it’s still unclear what the EPA plans to do about start/stop systems.
Minneapolis Foundation is suing the EPA over frozen environmental justice grants
The EPA froze $60 million awarded to the nonprofit to fund public health and environmental remediation projects in the ...
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Vermont officials reevaluate new state standards for toxic forever chemicals as EPA eases stance
The change from the federal agency does not affect the state’s efforts to continue work already underway to reduce levels of PFAS at contaminated sites, the state’s director of drinking water ...