Environmental Protection Agency

Kathryn Armstrong Loving starts at EPA.

Kathryn Armstrong Loving starts as Federal Detailee at EPA.

Cole Killian detailed from DOGE to EPA

Cole Killian appears in an EPA internal directory as a “Federal Detailee” (under his legal name Gautier Killian).

168 employees who worked on environmental justice at the EPA are placed on indefinite administrative leave.

Kathryn Armstrong Loving sends the EPA administrator a list of contracts that DOGE wants to eliminate and she includes Cole Killian on her message.

Erica Jehling detailed from GSA to EPA

Erica Jehling, Cole Killian, and Kathryn Armstrong Loving are granted basic access to EAS at EPA.

388 probationary employees are fired at the EPA.

Carl Coe detailed from DOGE to EPA

The EPA takes its staff directory offline after it had been used to identify new political appointees and DOGE staffers that were detailed to the agency.

Erica Jehling pushes for the cancellation of 21 grants at the EPA to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in construction materials, so that she can post a tweet on the EPA X.com account to celebrate it. She cc’s Kathryn Armstrong Loving on her emails coordinating the cancellations.

During a discussion on how to strip grants from the University of Pennsylvania and San Jose State, GSA FAS Commissioner Josh Gruenbaum sends an email to coordinate grant freezes from DOD, DHS and the EPA. He includes DOGE staffers Kyle Schutt, Adam Hoffman and Kathryn Armstrong Loving as the recipients of these requests.

Kathryn Armstrong Loving and Erica Jehling continue to work directly with Josh Gruenbaum from the GSA on more grants to cancel at the EPA.

The EPA administrator’s public calendar includes a “Meeting w/ Elon Musk West Wing 221” at 6:30pm. Musk reportedly did not attend.

Employees at the EPA report being told by Trump-appointed officials that DOGE was using AI to monitor communication tools (including Microsoft Teams) for anti-Trump or anti-Musk language.

Luke Farritor uses his admin access to lock out all government officials at multiple agencies from using grants.gov to issue new grants. Instead, all grants must now be sent to a new email address which will be reviewed by DOGE staffers before grants can be posted.

Carl Coe promoted to Chief of Staff at EPA

Carl Coe, the leader of the DOGE team at the EPA, is named as the Chief of Staff at the EPA.

Carter Farmer starts as Chief Information Officer at EPA.

In an email to agency partners, the operators of grants.gov declare that the revised mechanism added in April that routed all Notices of Funding Opportunities (NOFOs) through a DOGE email address has been reversed. Instead, agencies are to return to using the tool like that did previously. This doesn’t necessarily mean that DOGE or political appointees will not be reviewing grants, but they have no longer locked other users out of the system.

Cole Killian ends detailed position as Federal Detailee at EPA (exits govt. service)

More than 270 employees at the EPA sign a public letter condemning the Trump administration and agency head Lee Zeldin for politicizing the agency and dismantling its effectiveness.

Kathryn Armstrong Loving has basic access revoked for EAS at EPA.

Erica Jehling has basic access revoked for EAS at EPA.

Cole Killian has basic access revoked for EAS at EPA.

Kathryn Armstrong Loving leaves role as Federal Detailee at EPA (exits govt. service)

Erica Jehling ends detailed position at EPA

The Environmental Protection Agency places 144 employees on administrative leave and threatens to open an investigation over them signing an open letter criticizing the agency’s actions.

In a call hosted by the US CIO, DOGE team lead Scott Langmack shares info on an AI tool named SweetREX Deregulation AI Plan Builder developed by Christoper Sweet to review agency regulations for elimination. This is the same tool highlighted by DOGE in a presentation to the White House earlier in the month. Agency representatives from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of State, and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation are on the call. Steve Davis also was on the call despite having left DOGE and asked if the tool could be open-sourced.

The Inspector General for the EPA releases a report faulting the agency for firing too much of its workforce so that it is unable to handle the growing backlog of grants. The Trump administration countered that there should be a complementary reduction in grants to match, but that has not happened so far.