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Credit: By USEPA Environmental-Protection-Agency \u2013 Environmental Protection Agency building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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The Trump Administration not only cut \u201cenvironmental justice\u201d programs at the Environmental Protection Agency, they put nearly 200 staffers on leave.<\/p>\n

According to reports, the staffers were called into a meeting on Thursday afternoon where they were informed that they were being placed on leave.<\/p>\n

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\u201cEffective immediately, you are being placed on administrative leave with full pay and benefits. This administrative leave is not being done for any disciplinary purpose,\u201d the email stated, according to Politico<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cCareer staff made determinations on which Office of Environmental Justice employees had statutory duties or core mission functions,\u201d EPA spokesperson Molly Vaseliou said <\/a>in a statement. \u201cAs such, 168 staffers were placed on administrative leave as their function did not relate to the agency\u2019s statutory duties or grant work. EPA is in the process of evaluating new structure and organization to ensure we are meeting our mission of protecting human health and the environment for all Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reuters reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the Environmental Protection Agency, and is pursuing staff reductions in similar programs at the Justice Department.<\/p>\n

The moves are in line with President Donald Trump\u2019s broader orders to remove U.S. government support for diversity, equity and inclusion practices within the federal government, as well as to weaken Biden-era climate regulation.<\/p>\n

Environmental groups said the cuts put minorities and lower-income families living near polluting facilities at risk, by weakening their regulatory and legal protections.<\/p>\n

The EPA notified 168 employees working for the agency\u2019s Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights \u2013 a division tasked with integrating equity and civil rights into environmental policymaking \u2013 on leave, the EPA confirmed.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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