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.

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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 ...

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

Staffers with the Office of Environmental Justice were informed their department is expecting a notice that the office is closing or they are being placed on leave as early as Thursday.