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Press Release May 5, 2023

DOJ Reaches First-Ever Settlement in Environmental Justice Probe in Alabama

Lowndes County to Cease Discriminatory Activity Targeting Black Residents and Assess Septic System Needs

The Ajax asphalt plant is seen mid-construction on May 10, 2022 in Flint, Mich. (Sylvia Jarrus for Earthjustice)
Press Release April 17, 2023

Flint Groups React to Opening of Toxic Ajax Asphalt Plant

Despite two federal civil rights investigations and a lawsuit, Michigan allowed operations to start

Document March 23, 2023

Supplement to FL Rising Civil Rights Complaint

Florida Rising respectfully submits this supplement to its civil rights complaint to provide additional relevant factual and legal background, clarify the scope of the complaint, and update
ECRCO on relevant developments since the filing of the complaint.

Document March 6, 2023

South Coast Air Basin Title VI Complaint

For over a decade, the South Coast Air Quality Management District has enabled the oil industry to pollute communities of color by giving major stationary sources a free pass on compliance with section 185 of the Clean Air Act.

Smog covers the city of Los Angeles.
(Photo courtesy of Ben Amstutz)
From the Experts March 6, 2023

Addressing Racial Disparities with Title VI

Communities of color in California’s South Coast Air Basin are tired of holding their breath.

Sharon Lavigne (left) joins in a moment of prayer at a community meeting in 2019. Lavigne founded RISE St. James to expose and eliminate unchecked industrial pollution in the southern Louisiana region commonly known as Cancer Alley.
(Alejandro Dávila Fragoso / Earthjustice)
Article February 2, 2023

How 600 Years of Environmental Violence Is Still Harming Black Communities

The first transatlantic voyages were only the beginning.

The Ajax asphalt plant is seen mid-construction on May 10, 2022 in Flint, Mich. (Sylvia Jarrus for Earthjustice)
case January 19, 2023

Defending Flint, Michigan from a Toxic Asphalt Plant

In the fall of 2021, Michigan’s environmental agency (EGLE) authorized the Ajax corporation to build a toxic hot-mix asphalt plant near Flint. Close to 3,000 people live within a one-mile radius of the plant site, in a low-income area already overburdened with industrial polluters. The asphalt plant will release harmful chemicals like sulfur dioxide and…

Press Release December 21, 2022

U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Begins Title VI Civil Rights Investigation Into City of Corpus Christi Over Proposed Desalination Plant

Groups say desalination plant would disproportionately harm the historically Black Hillcrest neighborhood that has faced increased industrialization by the City

Document December 21, 2022

HUD Housing Discrimination Title VI Complaint – Corpus Christi, TX

U.S. Housing and Urban Development Title VI Discrimination Complaint Against Corpus Christi, Texas, Accepted

Press Release October 26, 2022

Residents file Title VI Civil Rights complaint over Corpus Christi desalination plant

Desalination plant would disproportionately harm a historically Black neighborhood

Document October 25, 2022

Inner Harbor Desalination Plant Title VI Complaint

Civil rights complaint to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development against the City of Corpus Christi for violations of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act.

Press Release June 28, 2022

Groups Petition EPA to Address Longstanding Environmental Justice Violations in Texas’ Air Permitting Program

Texas has refused to fix problems in its air permitting program that affect environmental justice and public participation

Document June 27, 2022

TCEQ Air Permit Petition

Petition to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to issue a Title VI compliance review and a SIP (State Implementation Plan) Call to address the lack of environmental justice review and unlawful barriers to public participation in the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) air permitting program.

Document May 31, 2022

Covanta FL Incinerator Air Permit Comment Letter – FL Rising

Comments submitted on behalf of Florida Rising on draft air construction permit no. 0250348-014-AC, regarding authorization of non-emergency diesel engines for the Miami-Dade County Resources Recovery Facility.

Document May 31, 2022

Doral FL Incinerator Comments Addendum

Addendum re: comments submitted on behalf of Florida Rising on draft air construction permit no. 0250348-014-AC, regarding authorization of non-emergency diesel engines for the Miami-Dade County Resources Recovery Facility.

Construction on the I-70 freeway expansion bumps up against homes in the Globeville and Elyria-Swansea neighborhoods of North Denver.
(Martin do Nascimento / Earthjustice)
Article April 15, 2022

What’s Environmental Justice Mean? Look at North Denver

A community movement in Denver puts longtime polluters on notice and wins new protections for residents.

Document March 31, 2022

Civil Rights Complaint Against FL DEP

Florida Rising Civil Rights Complaint Against FL DEP

Press Release March 31, 2022

Groups File U.S. Civil Rights Complaint Against Florida DEP Over Environmental Justice Issues

Action filed under 1964 Civil Rights Act and Other Laws