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March 10, 2017

EPA Official Resigns Amid Push to Defund Environmental Justice Office
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Meanwhile, a top official at the EPA has resigned in protest of a Trump
administration proposal to entirely defund his office. Mustafa Ali
helped found the EPA's Office of Environmental Justice in 1992 and
served under both Republican and Democratic administrations. Ali told
Inside Climate News, "My values and priorities seem to be different than
our current leadership and because of that I feel that it's best if I
take my talents elsewhere."


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