Federal Judge Blocks EPA Reorganization, Staff Firings As DOJ Quickly Appeals

A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration’s firings and reorganizations at EPA and other federal agencies -- a move which could block Administrator Lee Zeldin’s high-profile effort to eliminate the agency's research office and make other structural and personnel changes -- though the Justice Department (DOJ) quickly appealed the decision. Judge Susan Illston -- a Clinton appointee to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California – issued a May 9 order granting environmental and labor plaintiffs’...