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The report from the Environmental Integrity Project found that the highest concentrations of smog in the Houston area were found near Latino, Black or lower-income communities.

“We really are trying to pull out all the stops.”

By Michael Phillis | The Associated Press - The Environmental Protection Agency spent more than a year investigating whether Louisiana officials discriminated against Black residents by putting them at increased cancer risk, but the investigation ended before it secured commitments from the state to strengthen its oversight.

For more than a year, the Environmental Protection Agency investigated whether Louisiana officials discriminated against Black residents by putting them

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The Environmental Protection Agency spent more than a year investigating whether Louisianas oversight of industrial air emissions discriminated against Black residents. That ended in June without Louisiana agreeing to change

The Environmental Protection Agency spent more than a year investigating whether Louisianas oversight of industrial air emissions discriminated against Black residents

It could have been an assault on one of the worst instances of environmental racism in our countrys history.

Experts say when Louisiana challenged the investigation in court, federal officials may have worried that a loss would threaten their civil rights enforcement power.

For more than a year, the Environmental Protection Agency investigated whether Louisiana officials discriminated against Black residents by putting them