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EPA Terminates Nearly 400 Workers Amid US Government Purge

The Environmental Protection Agency said Friday it had fired 388 workers, part of a wave of terminations across the federal government this week spurred by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.

U.S. News & World Report · 7h

Trump Administration Terminates 388 EPA Staff

“EPA has terminated 388 probationary employees after a thorough review of agency functions in accordance with President Trump’s executive orders," EPA spokesperson Molly Vaseliou said in a statement. Copyright 2025 Thomson Reuters.

E&E · 1d

Trump taps EPA enforcement leader

The Trump administration is bringing in a new top official to lead EPA’s enforcement office on an acting basis. Jeffrey Hall, previously a partner at Burke Law Group, is joining the agency as principal deputy assistant administrator in its Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance,

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The Associated Press on MSN · 14h

EPA chief seeks return of $20 billion in clean-energy grants awarded by Biden

Administrator Lee Zeldin said the Environmental Protection Agency will try to rescind $20 billion in grants awarded by the Biden administration.

Reuters · 1d

EPA chief seeks to claw back $20 billion in climate funding

The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is seeking to end contracts agreed by the previous administration to distribute $20 billion in grants to fund clean energy and transportation projects in disadvantaged communities,

Bloomberg on MSN · 1d

EPA Seeking to Claw Back $20 Billion in Climate Law Grants

The Environmental Protection Agency will attempt to claw back some $20 billion in funding for climate projects awarded under President Joe Biden’s signature climate law, administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesday evening,

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E&E · 19h

Zeldin’s $20B take-back bid risks plunging EPA into legal peril

The new EPA chief wants to claw back cash from a Biden administration green banking program. It could spur a court fight.

FOX News on MSN · 1d

EPA administrator Zeldin demands return of $20B in taxpayer money wasted by Biden administration

Lee Zeldin, Trump's Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) administrator, said that the Biden administration purposely wasted $20 billion in tax dollars.

okcfox · 1d

EPA head Lee Zeldin vows to recover $20 billion 'tossed' by Biden admin: 'Every penny'

Administrator Lee Zeldin on Wednesday shared a video to X in which he said the Biden administration wasted $20 billion in taxpayer funds. Zeldin said in the clip his top priority is the proper stewardship of tax dollars,

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EPA Funding Freeze Forces Cuts to Clean-Energy Job Programs

Billions of dollars Congress approved for clean energy and efficiency projects are still in limbo despite court orders ...

EPA banking on a fight over ‘gold bars’

Back to the EPA money The two grant programs that Zeldin targeted are the $14 billion National Clean Investment Fund, or ...

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Cuts at EPA's Chicago office could impact Michigan's emergency response efforts

Michigan environmental advocates say news of major cuts and layoffs at the EPA's Chicago office could lead to trouble for our ...

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EPA fires ‘probationary’ employees

“EPA has terminated 388 probationary employees after a thorough review of agency functions in accordance with President Trump ...

As Trump administration reforms the EPA, cleanups of America's most toxic sites are uncertain

For nearly 100 years, the former Exide plant melted lead-acid car batteries that polluted properties in the mostly Latino ...

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EPA chief says Biden was ‘irresponsibly shoveling boatloads of cash,’ vows to get back $20 billion

Though he did not mention the bank by name, Citi had an agreement with the Biden administration to oversee the release of $20 ...

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EPA and DOE move to roll back Biden efficiency standards for home appliances

Americans deserve access to the best products in their homes, and appliances like shower heads and lightbulbs that work,” EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said.

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Trump team digs in, finds millions of wasted dollars at EPA, HUD with DOGE help

EPA administrator Lee Zeldin said his team canceled a $50 million Biden-era environmental justice grant to a group that ...

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