If you were to believe reporting from The New York Times—which is an increasingly unwise idea—the Trump administration is diverting the attention of the

The Environmental Protection Agency will close all environmental justice offices which are responsible for addressing pollution in poor communities.

The positions will be eliminated "immediately," according to a memo by Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin.

As part of the Trump administration’s end to environmental justice programs, it has cut off access to EJScreen, a monitoring tool used to track environmental justice metrics.

The staffing reversal comes one month after the agency dismissed employees of the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil Rights.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin took to social media Monday to announce the cancellation of over 400 diversity, equity,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin said on Monday he canceled 400 environmental justice and diversity, equity and inclusion grants totaling $1.7 billion in the Trump administration's latest crackdown on DEI initiatives.

The administrator of the United States of America Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, cancelled 400 DEI and Environmental Justice grants worth $1.9 billion. Zeldin disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday on X,