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144 EPA Workers Suspended with Pay over Dissent Letter
- The EPA placed 139 employees on administrative leave last week after they signed the Stand Up for Science petition using official titles pending investigation.
- The petition, addressed to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin, used official titles without authorization, misleading the public about agency actions.
- By Monday, records show the dissent letter had 620 signatures, including 278 EPA employees—173 signed by name and 105 anonymously.
- While on leave, affected EPA staff are prohibited from using government-issued equipment through July 17 during the investigation into their signing of the dissent letter.
- The union plans to challenge the EPA's leave actions legally, citing First Amendment rights and employment protections, aiming to end the investigations.
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Almost 200 executives of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) accuse their hierarchy of yielding to partisan logics.
139 EPA employees who spoke out against Trump policies are put on leave
The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday put on administrative leave 139 employees who signed a “declaration of dissent” with its policies, accusing them of “unlawfully undermining” the Trump administration’s agenda.
Environmental Protection Agency puts 139 employees who spoke out against Trump on leave
The Environmental Protection Agency has put on administrative leave 139 employees who signed a "declaration of dissent" with its policies, accusing them of "unlawfully undermining" the Trump administration's agenda.
The suspension of employees of the Environmental Protection Agency occurs after the publication of an open letter denouncing the increasing politicization of this institution and referring to the endangerment of the population.
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