"If they try to enforce their anti-climate prejudice, they’re going to end up inevitably hurting people’s health as well."

The Trump administration has placed on leave nearly 200 employees who work on environmental justice programs at the Environmental Protection Agency, and is pursuing staff reductions in similar programs at the Justice Department.

The office, created in 2022 by President Joe Biden, was the culmination of years-long work by the EPA to address the disproportionate impact of environmental harms on minority and