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EPA environmental justice staff ousted amid ongoing industrial ag complaints

President Donald Trump has significantly reduced staffing within a civil rights office of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency currently investigating dozens of complaints, including two involving the placement of industrial swine and poultry operations in predominantly nonwhite communities.  The EPA has placed 168 employees on leave within the Office of Environmental Justice and External Civil […]

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