Employees were part of the agency Environmental Justice Office, This was sought to help people in the area with considerable levels of contamination – A minority neighborhood.
EPA spokesman Molly Vaseliou confirmed 168 staff “Their functions were not related to the agency's legal duties or grants,” so they were left in the office.
Vaseliou also cited President Trump's executive order, which commands all federations Diversity, Equality, Inclusion (DEI) Staff should take leave, and the EPA “in the process of evaluating new structures and organizations to ensure that we meet our mission to protect human health and the environment for all Americans. There is,” he said.
In addition to suspension, a tool known asejscreen,This showed how pollution data intersects with demographic and revenue data was offline as of Friday.
Studies, including previously conducted by the EPA, have found that Black Americans, especially face high levels of pollution, and that the disparities they face are even more pronounced than the disparities that poor people face. .
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