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Rollbacks Gut Environmental Justice Gains, Former EPA Official Says

Inside Climate News · By Aman Azhar · last updated
“The worst outcome I feared is happening,” says Matthew Tejada, the former director of EPA’s Office of Environmental Justice, reflecting on changes the Trump administration has brought to the agency.

By Aman Azhar

For more than a decade, Matthew Tejada was at the forefront of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s environmental justice efforts.