Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office, Earthjustice: "Everyone is entitled to breathe clean air. When our environmental laws fail, the civil rights laws should kick in to protect people."
A coalition of over 45 groups, including environmental justice and civil rights organizations, along with community-based and grassroots groups, submit a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, calling on…
A coalition of over 45 groups, including environmental justice and civil rights organizations, along with community-based and grassroots groups, submit a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, calling on…
The U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana permanently blocked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of Justice from enforcing disparate impact regulations under Title VI of…
Debbie Chizewer, Managing Attorney, Midwest Office: “It’s just another attack on one of the most important civil rights, environmental justice tools under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act. It’s not a coincidence that the states who signed onto this petition have problematic records of allowing industrial activity to harm…
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…
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.”
Letter re Significant Impact Level guidance implementation from USEPA Region 6 to Earthjustice, dated April 15, 2024, with attached correspondence between USEPA Region 6 and LDEQ dated February 1, 2023,…
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…
U.S. District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ruling restricts EPA and DOJ from protecting Louisiana communities from disparate environmental impacts
