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.

As President Donald Trump's second administration continued its swift recasting of the federal government and American ...

Environmental advocates warned that closing the Office of Environmental Justice would lead to more toxic contaminants, ...

At a gathering at EPA headquarters, members of Congress and environmental advocates accused agency management of defying ...

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 ...

Employees in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights have been told they are being placed on paid administrative ...

Senator Ed Markey and other Democrats called for the agency to release grants halted by the Trump administration, following ...

Democratic members of Congress unsuccessfully tried to meet with EPA officials Thursday over frozen funds and proposed cuts.

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

This story was originally published by Grist. When the White House took down a critical environmental justice tool just three days into President Trump’s administration, a team of data scientists and ...

EPA said it will consider a new structure for the Office of Environmental Justice, which was formed during the Biden administration.

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