Residents near the High Acres Landfill want the courts to enforce their “right to clean air and water, and a healthful environment,” but Attorney General Leticia James has argued in an appellate brief that those rights can’t be enforced without enabling legislation.
The 'father of environmental justice' says sending fluorinated firefighting foam to a landfill in the mostly poor, Black town of Emelle perpetuates racism.
Emelle is in Black-majority Sumter County. Some residents say it’s not right for states like Wisconsin to send toxic waste their way, but others don’t worry much about the landfill.
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