Staffers at the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice and civil rights office should expect personnel changes this week as the Trump administration is expected to place more than 100 employees on leave, The Wall Street Journal reported.
The Trump administration also plans to fire 20 employees at the Justice Department’s Environment and Natural Resources Division, a department that defends the federal government’s environmental actions in court, The Washington Post reported.
The move comes after an executive order President Donald Trump signed ending diversity, equity, and inclusion programs in the federal government.
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