EPA must reinstate employees placed on leave for dissent letter, says union

WASHINGTON -Employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently placed on leave after signing a letter critical of the Trump administration's policies should be reinstated, said a union official in a letter to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin on Thursday. The 139 employees, and hundreds of other EPA staff, had signed the June 30 letter accusing the agency of harmful deregulatory actions