Zeldin Sends Firing Threat To Over 1100 EPA Workers

The New York Times reports:

The Trump administration has warned more than 1,100 Environmental Protection Agency employees who work on climate change, reducing air pollution, enforcing environmental laws and other programs that they could be fired at any time. Many had been hired to work on programs that Congress created through two recent laws, doing things like helping communities replace lead pipes, remediating toxic sites and funding clean energy projects aimed at reducing the greenhouse gas emissions that are heating the planet.

Molly Vaseliou, an E.P.A. spokeswoman, said in a statement that “our goal is to be transparent.” She declined to answer questions about the email, though, including whether Lee Zeldin, the agency’s new administrator, intended to terminate employees and, if so, for what reason. E.P.A. employees received another email notifying them of that the agencywide intranet was out of service. Without the internal agency network, employees cannot access documents or other information needed for their jobs.

Read the full article.



@nytimes.com climate alert:

E.P.A. Tells More Than 1,000 They Could Be Fired ‘Immediately’ www.nytimes.com/2025/02/03/c…

[image or embed]

— Raphael Ofner (@raphael-ofner.bsky.social) February 3, 2025 at 10:33 AM