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Is EPA Trying to Help Older Workers, or Exploit Them?

The EPA has a program to hire older workers to perform administrative, and sometimes more complex, duties. It's meant to help the seniors get some work experience and earn some income, but the workers' wages are drastically lower than those of their younger colleagues. On this episode of <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/podcasts/parts-per-billion">Parts Per Billion</a>, reporter <a href="https://twitter.com/sklee_ca">Stephen Lee</a> explains who these workers are and why they continue working at the agency despite their low pay. Read more of Stephen's reporting on this issue <a href="https://news.bloomberglaw.com/environment-and-energy/short-staffed-epa-leans-on-older-adjunct-workers-with-no-raises">here</a>. Learn more about your ad-choices at <a href="https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com">https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.com</a>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.

Parts Per Billion is Bloomberg Law's environmental policy podcast. We cover everything from air pollution, to toxic chemicals, to corporate sustainability, and climate change. The reporters from our environment desk offer an inside look at what's happening at Congress, in the courts, and at the federal agencies, and help explain the scientific and policy debates shaping environmental laws and regulations. Host: David Schultz