“Without EPA staff on the job, the air we breathe and the water we drink will be at greater risk from toxic pollution that causes cancer, asthma attacks, lung disease and other health threats,” one former staffer said.

By Aman Azhar

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week terminated more than two dozen remaining staffers in the now-defunct Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR), advancing the Trump administration’s efforts to dismantle the environmental justice initiatives of the president’s Democratic predecessors.

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