Other critics of environmental justice claim that the programs place an unwarranted focus on race. That idea was tested in a high-profile environmental justice case brought by the state of Louisiana ...

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.

President Donald Trump issued a flurry of executive orders (EOs) in his first hours and days in office. The numerous EOs cover a range of topics, ...

The move would unwind a Biden administration program to aid poor communities recovering from environmental risks.

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

In this day and age, living in segregated areas is a textbook experience ... What shocked me most, however, was discovering the environmental justice movement happening just a few neighborhoods ...

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 ...

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 ...

But in other instances, the Biden administration’s environmental justice focus did seem to shape federal enforcement actions. In 2019, the Chicago scrapyard General Iron announced that it ...

Under the Biden administration, the environmental justice movement had a historic platform to bring clean water and air to communities that have suffered from pollution. It was a boon to the ...