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The Chalk Point Generating System is one of two power plants already operating near or in Brandywine. (Alliecat1881 / CC BY-NC 2.0)
Press Release October 31, 2016

Maryland Agencies to Mediate Civil Rights Complaint Over Prince George’s County Power Plant

Community groups seek relief from racially discriminatory pollution burden and health harms
document June 15, 2016

EPA.DOT Letter

EPA and DOT Acceptance of Title VI Complaint
Agencies in Maryland have permitted the Mattawoman Energy Plant for this site in Brandywine, Maryland, an area that is already in violation of national air quality standards. If the plant is built it could be one of five fossil-fuel plants operating in or near Brandywine. (Photo courtesy of John T. Bradley)
Press Release June 15, 2016

Maryland Power Plant Decision Prompts Federal Investigation

State faces possible loss of millions in funding for authorizing pollution in violation of civil rights laws
The Chalk Point Generating System is one of two power plants already operating near or in Brandywine. (Imagery: ©2016 Google; Map Data: ©2016 Google)
case May 11, 2016

Defending Civil Rights in Brandywine, Maryland

document May 11, 2016

Power Plants Near Brandywine, Maryland

Brandywine faces excessive levels of pollution because two of the state's power plants are either in the community or nearby. Three additional plants that have been permitted, including the one…
document May 11, 2016

Distribution of Black Population and Power Plants in Maryland

The communities in closest proximity to all Maryland’s 13 power plants are disproportionately black.
document May 11, 2016

Complaint: Title VI – Brandywine, Maryland

The state of Maryland faces a federal civil rights complaint, filed by Earthjustice, on behalf of residents in the majority black community of Brandywine, Md., after the state approved a…
document May 11, 2016

Exhibits: Title VI Complaint – Brandywine, Maryland

Exhibit List. The state of Maryland faces a federal civil rights complaint, filed by Earthjustice, on behalf of residents in the majority black community of Brandywine, Md., after the state…
The Chalk Point Generating System is one of two power plants already operating near or in Brandywine. (Alliecat1881 / CC BY-NC 2.0)
Press Release May 11, 2016

Maryland Faces Civil Rights Complaint after Approving Gas Plant in Black Community

The plant would increase pollution in a county already violating national air quality standards
The expansion of ExxonMobil’s Beaumont Refinery in Texas is one of the cases where the EPA failed to investigate civil rights complaints filed more than a decade ago. (Randy Edwards / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
feature March 8, 2016

What You Need To Know About Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964

The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination on the basis of color, religion, national origin and gender. The text of the law is thematically organized into eleven sections, Title…