Laws & Regulations

Western States Opposed Tribes’ Access to the Colorado River 70 Years Ago

"Records unearthed by a University of Virginia professor shed new light on states’ vocal opposition in the 1950s to tribes claiming their share of the river. Today, many are still fighting to secure water."

Source: ProPublica/HCN, 10/19/2023

Foul-Smelling Biofuels Plant In Southwest Dallas Is Shutting Down

"A plant near homes in southwest Dallas that renders animal fat into biofuel is shutting down after The Dallas Morning News found that it appears to be operating without proper zoning. Neighbors have complained for years about the smell of dead and rotting animals that they say comes from the facility owned by Envirotein."

Source: Dallas Morning News, 10/18/2023

"DOJ Touts Broad Range of Environmental Justice Courtroom Wins"

"The Justice Department’s new environmental justice team spent its first year busily bringing cases, forging settlements, and building a national infrastructure of environmental justice-focused prosecutors, according to the group’s first-ever annual report."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 10/18/2023

Georgia Slave Descendants Sue Over Zoning Threatenening Island Homes

"Black residents of a tiny island enclave founded by their enslaved ancestors off the Georgia coast have filed suit seeking to halt a new zoning law that they say will raise taxes and force them to sell their homes in one of the South’s last surviving Gullah-Geechee communities."

Source: AP, 10/17/2023

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