The Trump administration has instituted gag orders and freezes on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Trump has banned Environmental Protection Agency staff from talking to press after suspending all contracts Other agencies, including the US Department of Agriculture and the Health and Human Services, have been issued similar gag orders EPA staff were instructed to freeze all its grants and contracts, as well as to stop communicating with the media and on social media. The new policies came to light on Tuesday as Trump signed presidential memoranda that removed obstacles to the construction of the controversial Keystone XL and Dakota Access Pipelines. According to Reuters, agency employees said that Trump’s administration has also instructed the EPA to remove the climate change page from its website. RT reports: At the EPA, staff were instructed to freeze all its grants and contracts, as well as to stop communicating with the media and on social media, ProPublica and the Huffington Post reported Monday night. “Right now we are in a holding pattern. The new EPA administration has asked that all contract and grant awards be temporarily suspended, effective [...]
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