"If they try to enforce their anti-climate prejudice, they’re going to end up inevitably hurting people’s health as well."

Agencies leaders placed nearly 200 on administrative leave as they wound down programs at the Justice and Energy departments and the Environmental Protection Agency.

By Valerie Volcovici, Sarah N. Lynch and Jeff Mason WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration has placed on leave over 100 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the Environmental Protection Agency,

The Boston staffers are part of a nationwide sweep of EPA offices that put 168 workers on administrative leave this week. It follows President Trump’s executive actions calling for an end to equity, diversity and environmental justice programs.

The administration plans to close the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice office and remake the Justice Department’s environmental division.

The Trump administration is poised to close the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Justice after more than 100 employees were placed on administrative leave on Thursday. Advocates and former EPA officials say the imminent closure will likely have lasting harmful impacts on Black,

EPA’s national office to aid long forgotten neighborhoods saddled with pollution, created with much fanfare during the previous administration, is in trouble. The bulk of its staff have been placed on administrative leave.

When the consequences of the environmental justice movement mean fewer high paying jobs, then it's not justice,’ director for Heritage

Sources said Trump is planning to put over 100 EPA workers on leave. Workers involved in the environmental justice and civil rights division.