PUBLIC NEWS SERVICE • February 13, 2025
The Trump administration has begun dismantling the Environmental Protection Agency's office dealing with reducing environmental harms to minority and low-income communities. More than 160 staffers in the Office of Environmental Justice and Civil Rights have been placed on administrative leave. Adrienne Hollis, vice president of environmental justice, health and community resilience and revitalization for the National Wildlife Federation, said the office is critical to coordinating environmental protection efforts in Maine and elsewhere. All environmental litigations in the Justice Department have also been put on hold.