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fromFast Company
1 month ago
Public health

Trump's rollback of this key EPA finding will hit poor and minority Americans the hardest

EPA revocation will likely boost fossil-fuel emissions, worsen air pollution and health outcomes, and increase premature deaths in vulnerable, mostly minority communities like Cancer Alley.
fromwww.npr.org
10 months ago
Public health

Community groups say Louisiana is trying to stop them from monitoring air pollution

Community groups in Louisiana are suing over a law that limits their air-pollution monitoring efforts, claiming it violates their constitutional rights.
Public health
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Black "Cancer Alley" Residents Win Key Ruling in Environmental Racism Case

A federal judge allowed Cancer Alley residents to sue, alleging decades of land‑use placed toxic plants in majority‑Black areas violating the 13th and 14th Amendments.
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