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Several employees signed the letter, which decried the EPA’s direction under President Donald Trump. DULUTH – The ...
The EPA said it placed 139 employees on paid leave to investigate their use of official titles when signing the letter.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has placed up to six employees of the agency’s Duluth research lab on administrative ...
The EPA placed several of its Duluth laboratory employees on leave for signing a letter criticizing the Trump administration.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has put 144 employees on leave after they signed a letter criticizing the Trump ...
These investigations are proof that the administrator is promoting a climate of fear,” said the president of the union chapter representing more than 400 EPA employees in New England. The post EPA ...
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS. Despite this, the agency has ...
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin claims to prioritize combatting long-lasting chemicals called PFAS. Despite this, the agency has ...
As cars drive by along Congdon Boulevard, hundreds of people carry signs showing support for Duluth's EPA lab on Tuesday, March 25, 2025. Wyatt Buckner / Duluth Media Group.
Duluth Councilor Wendy Durrwachter will be asking city councilors to support a resolution to urge the Federal government to preserve the EPA lab.
1995 - Duluth facility is re-named EPA Mid-Continent Ecology Division. 2001 - A $2 million expansion of the facility adds 13,000 square feet of public meeting space, offices and labs. 2017 - Lab ...
Minnesota Power, the Duluth-based utility that has long relied on coal-fired generating plants to power the Iron Range, agreed Wednesday to pay a $1.4 million penalty and to invest in cleaner ...