Andre Segura, VP of Litigation: “The fact is, many of the states that have signed the petition have historically allowed these harmful facilities to be placed in predominantly Black and brown communities, without regard for the health and safety of residents. These decades-old Title VI regulations are critical tools for the federal government to use…

Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office: “I think it is a perversion of our civil rights laws to say otherwise, to say that you can’t account for these past harms by creating policies that protect communities that are disproportionately harmed.”

Republican attorneys general from 23 states petitioned the agency to weaken Title VI

Erin Gaines, Attorney, Fossil Fuels Program: “The inner harbor desalination plant, which would be located in the Hillcrest, is just the latest example of this long-standing pattern of discrimination.”

Letter to city officials on a complaint under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act and the Fair Housing Act against the City of Corpus Christi, Texas for the proposed development of a desalination plant in a historically Black neighborhood being referred to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).

An important step towards justice for a historically Black neighborhood

U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ruling restricts EPA and DOJ from protecting Louisiana communities from disparate environmental impacts

State of Louisiana v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et. al.

State of Louisiana v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et. al.

State of Louisiana v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et. al.

Official transcript of motion hearing before the Honorable James D. Cain, Jr., United States District Judge. State of Louisiana v. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, et. al.

The scrapyard violated emissions limits in a community already facing many harmful sources of air pollution

Earthjustice, along with a diverse coalition of community and advocacy groups, write to express deep dismay over the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) abrupt termination of three complaints filed under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VI) by Louisiana residents, as well as EPA’s subsequent wholly inadequate settlement of a Title VI complaint filed by residents of Flint, Michigan.

Includes nearby sources to Ajax Facility, Flint Facilities Inspection Summary, and EGLE response to AJAX Asphalt Title VI Complaint.

Summarizing Feb. 28 tour and site visit, resident interviews, and why HUD and the EPA must act.

Thanking Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint for meeting and assuring EGLE’s commitment to address environmental justice concerns.

From Environmental Transformation Movement of Flint, Flint Rising, and St. Francis Prayer Center, urging EGLE to pledge to critical changes, requesting written agreement that provides meaningful commitments and accountability to ensure that EGLE will better protect Black communities and other communities of color.

Advocates call on Michigan to overhaul its discriminatory air permitting program