Trump Officials Expected To Purge Environmental Justice From EPA

November 27, 2024
The incoming Trump administration is expected to make sweeping moves to eradicate environmental justice (EJ) from EPA and other agencies, including quickly revoking Biden-era executive orders (EOs) and EPA guidance, sources say, with some warning that President-elect Donald Trump may even revoke a landmark Clinton-era EJ order first establishing EPA and other agencies’ EJ programs. One industry attorney following the issue says there is no doubt Trump will pull the Biden EOs and sees “a very strong chance” he will...


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