Union official urges EPA staff to step up defense of the agency

A union official representing thousands of EPA employees is urging staff, especially regional staff, to be more outspoken in resisting environmental rollbacks and defending federal employees, arguing reluctance to do so will only backfire as the Trump administration seeks to undercut federal workers and environmental protections. Speaking last week at the National Press Club, John O'Grady, president of the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) National Council of EPA Locals 238, raised alarm over recent Trump executive orders seeking to...