EPA Staff Communication Blackout

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EPA workers silenced as agency cancels hundreds of grants

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EPA workers silenced as agency cancels hundreds of grants.

Nonprofit leaders with EPA grants describe weeks of a communication blackout.

EPA staff members across the country have been told by supervisors they are prohibited from communicating with grantee partners they are supposed to supervise and monitor.

Without notice, many nonprofit organizations and other EPA grant recipients have found themselves frozen out of accessing federal funds.

Environmental justice and community change grants were hit particularly hard in this week 's cuts.

EPA did not respond to questions about which contracts were canceled or why.

Over 100 organizations received grants last year , totaling more than $1.6 billion .

Environmental justice work funded through Infrastructure Reduction Act in 2022 .

Many nonprofit leaders expressed frustration that they were not given chance to explain their work.

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