WASHINGTON >> The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at ...

The number of staff put on leave is significant, relevant to the office's size, and "leaves the environmental justice program at EPA on life support," says Matthew Tejada, formerly deputy ...

Over 160 EPA employees placed on paid administrative leave as a result of an executive order targeting diversity-related ...

The agency said 11 of the employees were working "in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility" and 160 were working on ...

The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the ...

a union that represents EPA employees, said ahead of the paid leave notification.Trump administration officials have said they consider environmental justice programs to be DEI initiatives.

Many of those employees worked on climate change programs, one source said. "The Trump Administration’s chaotic attack on EPA and the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights ...

By Valerie Volcovici, Sarah N. Lynch and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has placed on leave over ...