Citizen Groups Sue EPA for Using Black Neighborhoods as “Sacrifice Zones”

The lawsuit alleges that the EPA has failed to protect vulnerable communities from cancer-causing chemicals.

Environmental citizen groups in Louisiana, West Virginia and Texas are suing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) after Black communities in these states were excluded from an effort to tighten regulations regarding cancer-causing air pollution. The lawsuit alleges that majority-Black communities in these states are disproportionately burdened with facilities that are major sources of…

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