EPA Administrator ends remote work for agency

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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announced his agency would officially end remote work.

Zeldin made the announcement in a video posted on social media, and as a news release the EPA website.

In the video, Zeldin said:

“To the dedicated employees who have been showing up to the office every day, thank you! Your commitment to our mission does not go unnoticed. To all of the other great members of the team, it’s time to return to the office. To partner. To collaborate. And to deliver,”

“Our spacious, beautiful EPA Headquarters spans two city blocks in DC across five buildings, but our hallways have been too vacant, desks are empty, and cubicles are filled with unoccupied chairs. The American people rely on every single one of us to protect their access to clean air, land, and water. Our mission of protecting human health and the environment is far too important for any of us to ever come up short,”

Employees will return to the office full time on February 24.

This complies with President Trump’s executive order ending remote work for federal employees.