The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is paying attention to downsizing by more than 1,000 employees, and many of them were hired by the Biden administration to work on climate change, air pollution and environmental regulation programs.
According to the message copy, at least 1,100 EPA staff who participated in an agency last year may be fired immediately in consideration of the “trial period” status. I did it. Review by The New York Times。
“Our goal is to have transparency,” said Molly Vasio, the EPA spokeswoman, told the outlet in a statement, and the agency manager Lee Zeldin “DC downtown on the first day. I was directly working with my career staff at EPA.
“Eventually, the goal is to create a federal government that is more effective and more efficient to serve all Americans.”
After the announcement by President Trump's Human Resources Management Bureau, the obvious movement to drive out the probation employees. Return to work with people from the whole governmentAnd the acquisition of many millions of federal workers will be compliant.
“In operation, it is important to return employees to the office, work, and cooperate,” said Zeldin last week's exclusive interview. “It is often said that EPA buildings are about 20 % of the EPA on a specific day. If I am in the building, I can check it directly.”
The federal employee union and the energy policy critic of the energy policy of the government characterize the movement to the times as Michelle Ruth, an executive director of environmental protection networks I blamed my efforts.
The Marie Owens Porwell, which operates the chapter of the US Federation of EPA staff, must still be fired for the cause, despite the fact that workers are in a trial type. I told the outlet. Movement.
AFGE has already been appealing to stop executive actions that make it easier to dismiss federal workers.
Monday morning email stated that EPA staff temporarily banned access to the internal network. This needs to acquire a document for the related work project, but spokeswoman's Vaseliou argued that this problem was due to “stop.”
Most of the EPA employees are to support a series of clean -energy projects provided as part of the provisions of former President Joe Biden, inflation reduction method in 2022, and other laws in other laws. I was substitute.
In accordance with the law, Biden's EPA has distributed at least $ 27 billion in greenhouse gas reduction funds. Reported by Inside Climate News Last week, workers involved in the program were notified that they could be fired.
According to the non -party parliamentary budget, up to $ 369 billion inflation has been committed to various environmental projects through renewable energy companies and other green tax deduction subsidies. Office.
Zeldin stated in sitting with the post that a part of the “climate change name” financing had caused the left wing, regardless of the environmental consideration. Their position is that the road to the climate passes through free Palestine. “
The EPA budget was so It exceeds $ 9 billion Last year, as of September 30, 2020, there were 15,130 labor from 14,172 workers recorded at agencies.
The EPA representative did not respond immediately to the comment request.
