Washington, D.C. - United States - June 17, 2024: Exterior of the United States Environmental Protection Agency Building FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
October 10, 2025
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Civil Servants Are Not Bargaining Chips: EPN Condemns RIFs
Washington D.C. – The Environmental Protection Network (EPN) condemns today’s White House announcement that they are initiating a reckless round of mass firings of government workers. Some EPA staff are being informed that EPA is initiating a RIF process, meaning they will have the prospect of being fired hanging over them. The firings mark yet another step in the piece by piece dismantling of EPA that has been going on for months. Michelle Roos, Executive Director of EPN, made the following statement:
“Civil servants aren’t bargaining chips to be used to gain political points. Every time this administration drives EPA scientists and inspectors out of the agency, the air we breathe and the water we drink become less safe.
The truth is that firing EPA staff and cancelling clean air and clean water protections will harm millions of Americans while benefiting the small but powerful group of corporations that profit off pollution.”
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