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

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

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.

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.

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 executes ...

Staff with the EPA's Environmental Justice office were told they will be placed on administrative leave as the agency ...