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PBS NewsHour

How the closure of EPA offices puts poor communities at risk

Season 2025 Episode 110 | 5m 19s

For three decades, the EPA established offices nationwide to address disproportionately high levels of pollution in poor and minority communities. Now, the Trump administration is eliminating these environmental justice offices as part of its effort to end DEI programs and cut spending. Ali Rogin speaks with Amudalat Ajasa, who covers environmental health for The Washington Post, for more.

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