‘Environmental Justice’ Is the Latest Biden-Era Initiative To Be Purged by Trump Administration

‘When the consequences of the environmental justice movement mean fewer high paying jobs, then it’s not justice,’ director for Heritage Foundation’s center for energy, climate, and environment, tells the Sun.

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Dollie Burwell, a leader of the environmental justice movement, speaks about its evolution at a ceremony at Warrenton, North Carolina September 24, 2022. AP/Hannah Schoenbaum

“Environmental justice” appears to be the latest Biden-era initiative on the chopping block as 168 employees of the Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice and civil rights office were put on administrative leave on Thursday.

The move comes as President Trump works to purge the government of “radical and wasteful” diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. 

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