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A group of current and former employees of the US Environmental Protection Agency recently issued this warning:

The Trump administration is making accusations of fraud, waste, and abuse associated with federal environmental justice programs under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) as justification for firing federal workers and defunding critical environmental programs. But the real waste, fraud, and abuse would be to strip away these funds from the American people.

For full statement: An open letter from EPA staff to the American public – EHN