The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) placed 144 employees on leave for signing a letter that criticized the Trump administration's policies. EPA press secretary Brigit Hirsch stated the employees were undermining the administration's agenda, while their union characterized the action as illegal retaliation. The letter, signed by 620 people, accused the administration of undermining the EPA's mission and ignoring scientific consensus for the benefit of polluters. The signatories highlighted the administration's rollback of environmental protections and its use of misinformation, compromising public trust in the agency's scientific integrity.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put 144 employees on leave after they signed a letter criticizing the Trump administration's "harmful" policies.
The letter accused the administration of "recklessly undermining" the agency's mission and ignoring scientific consensus to benefit polluters.
Since Trump retook office, the administration has eviscerated policies meant to contain pollution, slashing funding for green energy production and electric vehicles.
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