Trump Administration Halts Environmental Litigation and Closes EPA's Office of Environmental Justice, Impacting Vulnerable Communities

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Trump administration halts all pending environmental litigation and reassigned attorneys.
Closure of EPA's Office of Environmental Justice threatens Florida's vulnerable communities.
EPA's Office has conducted over 300 civil rights reviews since 2014.
Residents in South Philadelphia demand clean air amid pollution concerns.

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EPA Employees on Leave Amid Policy Changes

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Nine EPA employees in Seattle placed on leave
Lee Zeldin announced 160 employees focused on environmental justice on leave
Former employee Helen Bottcher: “It’s just chaos... designed, engineered, to make people afraid.”
Removal of EJSCREEN tool for identifying pollution inequities
Under Biden, EPA funded $20 million for cooling centers
Russel Vought: “When they wake up in the morning, we want them to not want to go to work.”
Bottcher: “It feels like the wrecking ball is at the door.”

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Trump signed an executive order halting the National Nature Assessment
Assessment was initiated by the Biden administration to evaluate natural resources
Experts, including Philip Levin, stress the report's importance
Levin: 'This work is too important to die…'
NNA aimed to assess America's lands, waters, wildlife, and ecosystems
Trump's order is part of a trend to reverse Biden's climate policies
Experts agree to continue NNA work independently
Howard Frumkin: 'There’s an amazingly unanimous broad consensus...'
Cancellation raises concerns about future environmental assessments
First draft was due on February 11, now disrupted

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