EPA investigates Louisiana environmental, health agencies for racial discrimination in issuing air pollution permits
EPA to investigate racial bias in air permits



EPA investigates Louisiana environmental, health agencies for racial discrimination in issuing air pollution permits

Our coalition of Louisiana environmental organizations is alarmed by the language of Sen. Sharon Hewitt’s Senate Bill 292. If enacted as currently drafted, SB 292 would prohibit any Louisiana state agency from adopting or enforcing a state or regional program to

The Biden administration is proposing stronger pollution regulations for new tractor-trailer rigs that would clean up smoky diesel engines and encourage new technologies during the next two decades.

Company also will pay to expand air monitoring in southwest Louisiana

Leaving out race ignores its role in discriminatory decisionmaking: environmental justice activists

Three states targeted in the name of environmental justice

EPA extends time for public comments on declaring St. Bernard’s air quality out of compliance

Should name of the EPA be changed?

U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy intervened for company in 2019, delaying federal enforcement

Residents demand specifics from City Hall as talks around 2022 budget continue