 Energy & Environment |
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EPA cuts or reassigns hundreds of environmental justice employees |
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will fire 280 staffers who worked on tackling pollution in overburdened and underserved communities and will reassign another 175. |
These staffers worked in an area known as environmental justice, which helps communities that face a disproportionate amount of pollution, especially minority or low-income communities. The EPA has framed its efforts to cut these programs — including its previous closure of environmental justice offices — as part of a push to end diversity programming in the government. Supporters of the agency's environmental justice work have pointed out that Black communities face particularly high pollution levels and the programs also help white Americans, especially if they are poor. "EPA is taking the next step to terminate the Biden-Harris Administration's Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Environmental Justice arms of the agency," an EPA spokesperson said in a statement. "Today, EPA notified diversity, equity, and inclusion and environmental justice employees that EPA will be conducting a Reduction in Force," the spokesperson said. "The agency also notified certain statutory and mission essential employees that they are being reassigned to other offices through the 'transfer of function' procedure also outlined in [the Office of Personnel Management's] Handbook and federal regulations" Read more at TheHill.com. |
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A Republican senator on Tuesday indicated disagreement with at least some of the firings and closures being made by the Trump administration in the name of efficiency. |
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Willie Phillips, a Democratic member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), has stepped down — apparently at the behest of the White House. |
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Tesla's quarterly earnings dropped by 71 percent, the company announced Monday, marking the latest sign of bad news for Elon Musk's electric vehicle manufacturer as scrutiny of the tech billionaire persists. |
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Branch out with a different read from The Hill: |
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The Office of the Special Counsel (OSC) told fired probationary employees it would no longer pursue complaints they were wrongfully terminated, a reversal that comes after the Trump administration fired the head of the agency. |
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News we've flagged from other outlets touching on energy issues, the environment and other topics: |
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Another key story on The Hill right now: |
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A federal judge on Tuesday found the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle Voice of America (VOA) and affiliated news services likely were unlawful, indefinitely blocking the shuttering of the government-funded news outlet and affiliated news services. Read more |
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