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The New York Times29d
E.P.A. Targets Dozens of Environmental Rules as It Reframes Its Purpose
But beyond that, Lee Zeldin, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, reframed the purpose of the E.P.A. In a two-minute-and-18-second video posted to X, Mr. Zeldin boasted about ...
EPA chief Zeldin says he is closing the agency’s one-room museum, saving taxpayers $600,000 a year
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin says he is closing a one-room museum at the agency’s Washington headquarters, saving taxpayers ...
Government Executive28d
EPA begins eliminating offices as DOGE tightens grip on nearly all agency spending
The Environmental Protection Agency has formally eliminated all offices ... disproportionate environmental impacts, leading to the creation of EPA’s office. It has worked with communities ...
EPA workers silenced as agency cancels hundreds of grants
EPA staffers have been told they are prohibited from communicating with grantee partners they are supposed to monitor, according to multiple sources inside the agency.
Newsweek26d
EPA Leaders From Both Parties Blast Trump's Environmental 'Evisceration'
Former leaders of the Environmental Protection Agency who served under both Republican and Democratic presidents spoke Friday against the Trump administration's announcement this week that it will ...
House Democrats call on EPA to halt shuttering of environmental justice offices
A band of more than 100 House Democrats are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt its plans to shutter ...
Democrats say EPA illegally canceled hundreds of grants aimed at boosting ‘environmental justice’
Senate Democrats accuse the Environmental Protection Agency of breaking the law when they cancelled grants worth more than $1.5 billion focused on improving the environment in minority communities hit ...