EPA fires employees who publicly criticized agency policies under Trump

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1. WDIO Duluth

   EPA fires employees who publicly criticized agency policies under Trump ↗ (opens WDIO Duluth)

   Published Aug 29, 2025

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   The Environmental Protection Agency has fired at least eight employees who signed a letter criticizing the agency’s leadership under Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump. An EPA spokeswoman said the actions Friday followed a “thorough internal investigation” in which supervisors “made…

2. WMUR

   EPA fires employees who criticized agency policies under Trump ↗ (opens WMUR)

   Published Aug 29, 2025

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   The Environmental Protection Agency has fired at least eight employees who signed a letter criticizing the agency's leadership under Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump

3. Anchorage Daily News

   Trump officials fire EPA employees for signing letter criticizing the agency’s leadership ↗ (opens Anchorage Daily News)

   Published Aug 29, 2025

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   The move to terminate the staffers marks an escalation in the Trump administration’s effort to clamp down on dissent within the federal bureaucracy.

4. The Hill

   Trump admin fires EPA employees over letter of dissent ↗ (opens The Hill)

   Published Aug 29, 2025

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   The Trump administration notified eight employees of their termination on Friday following their decision to sign a letter dissenting from current policies at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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