Trump Funding Freeze Drives Confusion Among EPA Employees, Contractors

January 31, 2025
The Trump administration’s recent actions seeking to freeze funding at EPA and other agencies are driving confusion among EPA employees, contractors and grantees, with experts warning that the freeze or other funding restraints could continue despite court rulings blocking them. While a federal judge in Rhode Island Jan. 31 blocked the Trump administration’s funding freeze, Jillian Blanchard, vice president of climate change and environmental justice at the nonprofit Lawyers for Good Government, told a Jan. 31 media briefing hosted by...


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