The Justice Department is seeking to block environmental groups from delaying construction of the "Alligator Alcatraz" immigration detention center in Florida.

The Thursday filing was in response to a lawsuit filed by environmental groups arguing the immigration detention center will ...

Trump moves to shutter environmental offices across the government. The administration plans to close the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice office and place 168 employees ...

EPA places 168 environmental justice staff on leave, DOJ cuts similar programs; Environmental groups warn cuts put minority and lower-income families near polluting sites at risk ...

Agencies leaders placed nearly 200 on administrative leave as they wound down programs at the Justice and Energy departments and the Environmental Protection Agency.

Nearly 170 employees at the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights (OEJECR) were placed on paid administrative leave on Thursday, according to ...

Matthew Tejada, who served in the EPA’s Office for Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights from 2013 to 2023 and now works at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said he believes that ...

Environmental Protection Agency administrator Lee Zeldin is "eliminating all diversity, equity and inclusion and environmental justice offices and positions immediately," according to screenshots ...

The Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights supports the EPA's efforts to address vulnerable communities that the agency has determined have been disproportionately affected by ...