On Earth Day, EPA union workers decry cuts to clean air and water regulations

Earth Day was marked not with celebration but with a sense of urgency and despair for Environmental Protection Agency union members in Chicago as the Trump administration continues to roll back environmental regulations and lay off hundreds of employees. On Tuesday, more than 50 Midwest EPA union members and environmental advocates, dressed in black, held tombstone-shaped signs as they chanted “We want clean air, we want clean water,” in downtown Chicago. Jennifer Walling, executive director for the Illinois Environmental Council, stood in front of the crowd and accused the White...