Environmental Justice

EPA Proposes Tighter Limits on Lead Dust in Homes and Child Care Facilities

"The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed to strengthen requirements for the removal of lead-based paint dust in homes and child care facilities built before 1978, an effort to eliminate exposure to lead that could require millions of property owners to pay for abatement."

Source: NYTimes, 07/13/2023

A Racist Past And Hotter Future Testing Western Water Like Never Before

"As droughts strain water supplies across Western states, some cities and farmers have struggled with mandatory cutbacks. Determining who gets cut is decided by the foundational pecking order of Western water: the older your claim to water, created as the country expanded westward, the better protected it is."

Source: NPR, 07/11/2023

British Mill Company's Pollution Draws Scrutiny In Mississippi. Less In La.

"When Mississippi environmental regulators checked the emissions of a large wood pellet mill operating a few miles from the Louisiana line, they found pollution levels two times higher than the legal limit."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 07/10/2023

"US Targets Environmental Crime in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands"

"The Justice Department’s new plan to crack down on environmental crimes in Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands is badly needed to combat corruption and shore up threadbare local agencies, according to Puerto Rico’s former top environmental official."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 07/06/2023

Little Publicized, Methane From Coal Mines Upends Lives of W.Va. Families

"In lawsuits targeting the coal operator Arch, residents contend that mining activity has disrupted their lives and emitted a gas that threatens their safety and the planet."

Source: Inside Climate News, 07/06/2023

"The Colorado River Flooded Chemehuevi Land. Decades Later, the Tribe Still Struggles to Take Its Share of Water. "

"The Chemehuevi’s reservation fronts about 30 miles of the Colorado River, yet 97% of the tribe’s water stays in the river, much of it used by Southern California cities. The tribe isn’t paid for it."

Source: ProPublica/HCN, 07/06/2023

"EPA Closes Civil Rights Investigation Into Louisiana Pollution"

"In a setback for environmental justice advocates, the Biden administration has closed a civil rights investigation of two Louisiana state agencies without finding discrimination in how the agencies regulated chemical plants in the area known as “Cancer Alley.”"

Source: Washington Post, 06/30/2023

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