EPA Fires Employees Who Publicly Criticized Its Policies (Connecting the Dots: The NIH, FEMA, EPA & Soros Funding, All Networking)
Newsmax
Friday,
29 August 2025 09:51 PM EDT
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/epa-employees-declaration-of-dissent/2025/08/29/id/1224495/
The Environmental
Protection Agency on
Friday fired at least eight employees who signed a letter criticizing the
agency's leadership under Administrator Lee Zeldin and President Donald Trump.
"Following
a thorough internal investigation, EPA supervisors made decisions on an
individualized basis,'' EPA spokeswoman Molly Vaseliou said Friday in a
statement.
The
declaration of dissent, signed by more than 170 employees in late June,
"contains inaccurate information designed to mislead the public about
agency business,'' Vaseliou said. "Thankfully, this represents a small
fraction of the thousands of hard-working, dedicated EPA employees who are not
trying to mislead and scare the American public."
The EPA
"has a zero-tolerance policy for career officials using their agency
position and title to unlawfully undermine, sabotage and undercut the will of
the American public that was clearly expressed at the ballot box last
November,'' she added.
Vaseliou
declined to say how many employees were disciplined, but the head of the
agency's largest union said at least six probationary employees who signed the
letter were fired, along with at least two career employees. The firings were
first reported by The Washington Post.
The EPA
union, part of the American Federation of Government Employees, condemned the
firings, which came after 139 workers were put on administrative leave shortly
after signing the dissent declaration. The EPA at the time accused employees of
"unlawfully undermining" the Trump administration's agenda.
"The
Trump administration and EPA's retaliatory actions against these workers [were]
clearly an assault on labor and free-speech rights,'' said Justin Chen,
president of AFGE Council 238, which represents thousands of EPA employees.
More
than 150 workers who were disciplined — up to and including termination —
affected scientists, engineers, attorneys, contract officers, emergency
response personnel "and a whole host of other jobs," Chen told The
Associated Press. "They live and work in communities around the country,
and all believe in the mission of the agency to protect human health and the
environment on behalf of the American public."
In a
letter made public June 30, the employees wrote that the EPA is no longer
living up to its mission to protect human health and the environment. The
letter represented rare public criticism from agency employees who knew they
could face retaliation for speaking out.
Employees
at other agencies, including the National Institutes of
Health
and Federal
Emergency Management Agency,
have issued similar statements. Some FEMA employees who signed a public letter
of dissent earlier this week were put on administrative leave Tuesday,
according to documents reviewed by The Associated Press.
More
than 180 current and former FEMA employees signed the letter made public
Monday. The statement criticized recent cuts to agency staff and programs and
warned that FEMA's capacity to respond to a major disaster is dangerously
diminished.
The EPA
said last month it is eliminating its research and development arm and reducing
agency staff by thousands of employees. Officials expect total staffing to go
down to about 12,500, a reduction of more than 3,700 employees, or nearly 23%,
from staffing levels when Trump took office in January.
Connecting
the Dots:
National
Institutes of Health (NIH) is an agency for
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Tom Daschle was
the nominee for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary
for the Barack Obama administration and is a director at the Center
for American Progress.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for
American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for
the Open Society Foundations and was the chairman for
the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
Carol M.
Browner is a senior fellow, director at the Center for
American Progress, was the energy czar for the Barack Obama
administration and an administrator for the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).
Madeleine K.
Albright was a director at the Center for American Progress
and a director at the Center for a New American Security.
Chertoff Group was
a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
Jay M. Cohen is
a principal for the Chertoff Group and was an undersecretary for
science & technology for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Chad C. Sweet is
a co-founder & CEO for the Chertoff Group and was the chief of
staff for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Katy Montgomery is
a managing director for the Chertoff Group and was a deputy
assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Paul A. Schneider was
a principal for the Chertoff Group and a deputy secretary for
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Debbie Eng is
a managing director for the Chertoff Group, was an associate
executive secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
and a senior adviser to the secretary for the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA).
Nathaniel T.G.
Fogg was a managing director for the Chertoff Group and a
deputy COO for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is a division of
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Michael Chertoff is was the secretary for the U.S. Department
of Homeland Security, a co-founder & chairman for the Chertoff
Group and married to Meryl Justin Chertoff.
Chertoff Group was
a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
Madeleine K.
Albright was a director at the Center for a New American
Security, a trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank) and a
director at the Center for American Progress.
Meryl Justin
Chertoff is a director, Justice and Society Program for the Aspen
Institute (think tank), and married to Michael Chertoff.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Aspen
Institute (think tank) and the Center for American Progress.
George Soros was the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society and is the founder & chairman for
the Open Society Foundations.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
Tom Daschle is
a director at the Center for American Progress and was the nominee for
the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services secretary for
the Barack Obama administration.
National
Institutes of Health (NIH) is an agency for the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.
Open Society Foundations was a funder for the Center for
American Progress.
George Soros is the founder & chairman for the Open
Society Foundations and was the chairman for the Foundation to
Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Center
for American Progress.
Carol M.
Browner is a senior fellow, director at the Center for
American Progress, was the energy czar for the Barack Obama
administration and an administrator for the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA).
Madeleine K.
Albright was a director at the Center for American Progress
and a director at the Center for a New American Security.
Chertoff Group was
a contributor for the Center for a New American Security.
Jay M. Cohen is
a principal for the Chertoff Group and was an undersecretary for
science & technology for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Chad C. Sweet is
a co-founder & CEO for the Chertoff Group and was the chief of
staff for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Katy Montgomery is
a managing director for the Chertoff Group and was a deputy
assistant secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Paul A. Schneider was
a principal for the Chertoff Group and a deputy secretary for
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
Debbie Eng is
a managing director for the Chertoff Group, was an associate
executive secretary for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security,
and a senior adviser to the secretary for the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (FEMA).
Nathaniel T.G.
Fogg was a managing director for the Chertoff Group and a
deputy COO for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
Federal
Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is a division of
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.
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9,600
First Responders Mistakenly Exposed to Ricin at Terror Training Center (Past Research on FEMA)
Sunday,
December 18, 2016
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/12/9600-first-responders-mistakenly.html
Obama's
New EPA Chief: Climate Change 'Most Significant Public Health Threat Of Our
Time' (Past Research on the EPA)
Tuesday,
November 12, 2013
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2013/11/obamas-new-epa-chief-climate-change.html
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Sheet: President Biden Reignites Cancer Moonshot to End Cancer as We Know It
(Connecting the Dots: NIH, NCI, CDC, FDA, DoD, OMB, DPC, DOE, ACS & the
Soros Funded Think Tanks All Networking) (Past
Research on the NIH)
Tuesday,
September 13, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/09/fact-sheet-president-biden-reignites.html
Madeleine
Albright, 1st Female US Secretary of State, Dies at 84 (Connecting Her Dots In
The Soros Network) (Past Research on Madeleine
Albright)
Thursday,
March 24, 2022
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2022/03/madeleine-albright-1st-female-us.html
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