"EPA Blasted Over Lack Of Protection Of Minorities"

"The federal government’s Civil Rights Commission is castigating the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), saying it is failing to protect minorities from pollution.

The commission, an independent body, said the EPA has failed to respond to numerous complaints concerning 'environmental justice,' citing cases like a company’s decision to move toxic coal ash to a majority-black community in Alabama. The EPA took no action in that case.

'I’m not certain if the Environmental Protection Agency is incompetent or indifferent when it comes to requiring environmental justice from polluters of minority communities, but whatever the case, the result is the same,' commission Chairman Marty Castro wrote in the 230-page report released Friday."

Timothy Cama reports for The Hill September 23, 2016.

SEE ALSO:

"Environmental Justice: Examining the Environmental Protection Agency’s Compliance and
Enforcement of Title VI and Executive Order 12898" (U.S. Commission on Civil Rights)

"EPA Office of Civil Rights Investigating Intimidation Claims Against DEQ" (NC Policy Watch)