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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    EPA cites DEI as it preps to shutter environmental justice offices

    The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate offices that handle environmental justice issues, like pollution in poor neighborhoods and communities of color. It’s part of a wider crackdown on Biden-era climate policies.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Mar 12, 2025 • 1 min read

    The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate offices that handle environmental justice issues, like pollution in poor neighborhoods and communities of color. It’s part of a wider crackdown on Biden-era climate policies.

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    Environmental justice cuts, figure skating among Harlem’s Black girls
    1. 0:00EPA cites DEI as it preps to shutter environmental justice officesYou’re reading this
    2. 10:29Trump administration policies may increase risks of measles, tuberculosis, bird flu
    3. 23:14Black girls learn to figure skate — and be bold — via Harlem program
    4. 39:25Right-wing media’s obsession with Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal dispute
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    The full episode

    1 of 4
    Environmental justice cuts, figure skating among Harlem’s Black girls
    1. 0:00EPA cites DEI as it preps to shutter environmental justice officesYou’re reading this
    2. 10:29Trump administration policies may increase risks of measles, tuberculosis, bird flu
    3. 23:14Black girls learn to figure skate — and be bold — via Harlem program
    4. 39:25Right-wing media’s obsession with Blake Lively-Justin Baldoni legal dispute
    Back to Press Play with Madeleine Brand