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As Trump’s EPA Ends ‘Environmental Justice,’ Minority Communities May Pay a Price

April 23, 2025 / by

Ned Randolph and Daniel Trotta /

Reuters

Linda Birnbaum, former Director, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences and former EPA scientist, was quoted by Reuters. From her home on Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley,” Lydia Gerard looks down at her 8-month-old great-granddaughter and wonders if she will one day suffer the same fate as her many friends and relatives whose lives were cut short by the disease.

How Rural Communities are Being Impacted by Recent EPA Changes

April 19, 2025 / by

Kyra Alessandrini /

Blavity

Matt Tejada, former Deputy Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights, was quoted in Blavity. The Trump administration is aiming to close another department and cut more of the federal government’s workforce.

Can the Environmental Justice Movement Survive Trump’s Attacks? This EJ Warrior Says Yes.

April 1, 2025 / by

Nicole Greenfield /

NRDC

“We will recover. We will rebuild. It will be better,” says Matthew Tejada, NRDC’s senior vice president for environmental health.

Closures of EPA’s Regional Environmental Justice Offices Will Hurt Rural America

March 25, 2025 / by

Julia Tilton /

The Daily Yonder

Zealan Hoover, former Director of Implementation and Senior Adviser to the Administrator, was quoted in an article by The Daily Yonder about the consequences of dissolving EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice.

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