Fired Federal Environmental Staff Back on Payroll, but Not Back to Work
"They are getting paid to not do their jobs," a watchdog group said as fired staff at environmental agencies returned to ...
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EPA workers silenced as agency cancels hundreds of grants
Environmental Protection Agency staff members across the country have been told by supervisors they are prohibited from ...
E.P.A. Investigations of Severe Pollution Look Increasingly at Risk
The agency will no longer shut down “any stage of energy production,” absent an imminent threat, a new memo says, and will ...
E.P.A. Plans to Close All Environmental Justice Offices
An internal memo directs the closure of offices designed to ease the heavy pollution faced by poor and minority communities.
Fired workers return to federal agencies — but are put on paid leave
As a result of recent court orders, federal employees are returning to their jobs — but are being put on paid leave. A ...
Getting paid not to work: Federal probationary workers are being reinstated but put on paid leave
Days after a Maryland federal judge ruled that terminated probationary workers must be temporarily reinstated, multiple ...
Trump's EPA Pivots to Powering Business at Risk to Environment
President Richard Nixon set a clear mission for the EPA when he created the agency in 1970: Establish and enforce standards ...
EPA science office faces deep cuts, putting North Carolina jobs and research at risk
The Trump administration’s plan to cut EPA’s research arm could cost 1,000 jobs, hit Research Triangle Park, and weaken North ...
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EPA begins eliminating offices as DOGE tightens grip on nearly all agency spending
RIFs are expected for employees in impacted areas, while DOGE is now requiring special sign off for any large EPA expenditure ...