Environmental Health

"Residents Sue St. James Parish To Halt Chemical Plants"

"St. James Parish community groups are calling for a ban on new petrochemical plants to halt what they say is a history of racist land use decisions that have concentrated polluting industries in Black neighborhoods, according to a federal lawsuit."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 03/22/2023

"A Black Community In Arizona Battles Power Expansion Plans Again"

"A handful of weary residents gathered at the windowless Randolph church to mull over the latest effort by an electric utility to expand its power station – a polluting gas-fired plant next door to the community that the state regulator has blocked on environmental and health grounds."

Source: Guardian, 03/21/2023

"Judge Halts Biden Administration Waters Rule in Texas, Idaho"

"A federal court judge in Texas issued a preliminary injunction against the Biden administration’s waters of the US, or WOTUS, rule late Sunday. The injunction applies only to Texas and Idaho. The 2023 WOTUS rule takes effect Monday in the rest of the country and determines which waters and wetlands receive federal protection under the Clean Water Act."

Source: Bloomberg Environment, 03/21/2023

"Navajo Nation Water Rights Case Heard Before Supreme Court"

"The latest case involving Indian Country was argued Monday before the Supreme Court. Arizona v. Navajo Nation, like many cases heard before the high court, is complicated and this case in particular deals with the tribe’s water rights as it relates to the Colorado River."

Source: ICT, 03/21/2023

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