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Anne Vogel, third from left, listens as Gov. Mike DeWine speaks at a news conference in 2023 along the Scioto River in downtown Columbus. (Jeremy Pelzer Photo)

Ohio EPA's Anne Vogel will head Midwest EPA, reports Clevelanddotcom.

What's next for Ohio EPA? bit.ly/4lxdHV8

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Love that. We can plan for the future.

Musk’s staffers have descended on the SEC and will be granted the same access as official staff, including full network, system, and data privileges.

Appeals court clears way for DOGE to keep operating at USAID The lawsuit was among of the first filed against Musk himself. It argued that DOGE’s actions were unconstitutional because he was wielding significant power without being elected or Senate ap…

A federal appeals court has lifted an order blocking Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency from further cuts at the U.S. Agency for International Development.

Forecasting Cuts Leave Some Worried For Hurricane Season Emergency response experts say that funding and staff cuts at the National Weather Service could mean less reliable weather forecasts.

Hundreds of NOAA workers, including National Weather Service meteorologists, have been laid off. @ejreports.bsky.social joins us to discuss her reporting on experts' concerns about forecast accuracy for the next hurricane season, for Wabe and @gristnews.bsky.social.

Utah just banned fluoride in drinking water, undoing decades of science-based public health progress.
Time for a fluoride #factcheckfriday:

Genuine question for our followers: if the Trump administration ignores court rulings and general rule of law, what then? What meaningful actions can we take? Please share, eager to hear thoughts on this.

Federal labor unions are some of the only groups able to stand up to Trump and DOGE right now. They are our voice. Federal workers and our predecessors in the fair labor movement fought hard to have that right.

(2/2) to environmental disasters, and more. With these cuts, states that are already overburdened with their work load will have no option for federal assistance. Cleanups, monitoring, oversight… they won’t happen.

The 65% budget cut and incoming RIFs to EPA will put human health at risk. You don’t have to be an environmentalist to care about this. EPA enforces the Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Resource Conservation & Recovery Act, CERCLA/Superfund, provides emergency response (1/2)

NEW: FUN is hosting an emergency organizing call this SUNDAY, to coordinate a response to the biggest attack on union rights in a generation.

Layoffs at NOAA, which warns us about severe weather

Attacking NIH, which finds cures for illnesses

Dismantling SSA, which administers Social Security payments

Terminating food inspectors and food safety committees at the USDA...

The "specifics" of DOGE put us all at risk.

Yikes.

Four legal setbacks for the Trump Administration from yesterday.
1. Voice of America: A federal judge issued a restraining order to stop further efforts to silence VOA journalists, pushing back on Trump’s attempts to control U.S.-funded international media.

Trump signs order ending union bargaining rights for wide swaths of federal employees President Trump's new executive order ends collective bargaining for wide swaths of federal employees, as part of his broader campaign to reshape the government's workforce. Unions are vowing to sue.

Another Trump action that will hurt Veterans and the workers who serve them.

The betrayal never stops.
www.npr.org/2025/03/28/n...

As part of the #TeslaTakedown movement, people around the world are coming together today around noon for a Global Day of Action—with over 500 peaceful protests planned at Tesla facilities and public spaces. Our coalition is full of tree huggers, and we’ll be out there standing with you.

Don’t give up the ship flag hanging in an fda building

Getting spicy up on campus today. Fucking get it!

Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Exempts Agencies with National Security Missions from Federal Collective Bargaining Requirements PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order using authority granted by the Civil Service Reform Act of

Welp, they are coming after unions hard. This is the very definition of union busting.
EPA workers will keep fighting. Labor unions were never formed with permission. We will have our demands heard.
www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/...

Local Residents Fight to Defend "Original Mission" of #EPA: www.facebook.com/SFNewsfeedus... @alt-epa-workers.bsky.social @climatereality.bsky.social @350.org @350bayarea.bsky.social @scientistrebellion.bsky.social @xrglobal.bsky.social @kalwradio.bsky.social @indybay.org @sfgov.sf.gov

Source is within AFGE. This is a worst case scenario estimate of the amount of staff that may be eligible for RIF, not that 80% will get RIF’d. Sorry to cause alarm but we want to be open with the info we hear. Always encourage your own fact checking as well.

Also, terrifying memo from OPM on proposed amendments to the federal suitability and fitness policy. They seek to “eliminate MSPB appeals for sustainability actions…” Which reduces feds ability to appeal firings. We need to make some noise about this.

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Check out the new EPA grant terms and conditions amended 3/25/25, the addition of part 54. Particularly part b. “The recipient certifies it does not operate any programs promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion…” Absolutely insane.

www.epa.gov/system/files...

As of last night, almost all environmental justice grants have been terminated. This is work that has already started, costs that have already been incurred. These illegal terminations are the real waste, fraud, and abuse in government. We are so sorry to all organizations effected.

Here’s the link to the list itself: www.epw.senate.gov/public/_cach...

Whitehouse, Blunt Rochester Lead EPW Democrats in Demanding EPA Reverse Unlawful Termination of Grants for Clean Air and Water New documents reveal 400 grantees are being illegally targeted for termination and expose EPA’s willful violation of congressional appropriations law, contractual agreements, and multiple court ...

A list of the grant listed for termination has been leaked!!!! Over 400 legitimate grant awards. Please share this far and wide! If you work for an organization on this list tell them to CALL THEIR LAWYERS.

www.epw.senate.gov/public/index...

On March 12, EPA Administrator Zeldin launched a sweeping 31-point plan to dismantle key environmental protections. One of his biggest targets was clean water protections. Here is how this will affect the safe water we all depend on:

We are also extremely disappointed at the lack of back bone in the Democratic Party during the passing of the March CR. Some very harmful items were included.
Stand up lawmakers.
Sometimes disruption is the only thing that will get peoples attention.

(2/2) widely ignored. This is clear discrimination against Americans with disabilities. We are incurring unnecessary costs to come to a building that cannot accommodate workers appropriately. 5 in-office days a week is more stringent than the requirements that were in place even before COVID.

Most federal workers are now in-person full-time at their duty-location office. This is a violation of the AFGE collective bargaining agreement, in which telework policy would not be re-examined until 2026. From our colleagues we are also hearing that requests from medical telework are being (1/2)