I n 1996, the New York-based civil rights organization known as UPROSE was struggling. Founded by Puerto Rican activists, the ...

“Environmental justice” appears to be the latest Biden-era initiative on the chopping block as 168 employees of the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice and civil rights office were ...

They are looking for places to cut. And the environmental justice program, I think, is one area that has outlived its usefulness and often results in increases in costs.” The EPA on Wednesday ...

The department is reassigning lawyers, putting staff on leave and eliminating a section of its environment division.

The employees were part of the agency’s Office of Environmental Justice, which sought to help people in areas with significant levels of pollution — including minority neighborhoods.

EPA's Chicago office faces major cuts, risking disaster response and health assessments in Detroit and Hamtramck.

Former EPA regional administrators worry the actions will unravel decades of work protecting public health from pollution.

More reports surfaced this week of personnel cuts within multiple agency offices, with employees tied to environmental justice programs going on administrative leave. The Wall Street Journal ...

a move that is expected to affect more than 100 employees in the agency’s environmental-justice and civil-rights office, according to people familiar with the matter. Theresa Segovia ...

In an email obtained by NPR, employees at EPA's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights were told they were ...

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 leave as the agency ...