EPA to Address Air and Water Pollution in ‘Cancer Alley’
Source: https://www.ecowatch.com/
Author: Cristen Hemingway Jaynes
After a week-long environmental justice trip to Mississippi, Texas and Louisiana in November, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan announced that the EPA will address residents’ complaints about contaminated drinking water, chemical plants placed close to residences and a school and toxic air. The Washington Post repod. Regan said the EPA will invest $600,000 in air pollution monitoring equipment for use in “Cancer Alley,” an area of industrial plants and refineries in Louisiana, and increase enforcement of federal rules for air and water quality in communities that are disproportionately affected by pollution, especially communities of color, The New York Times repod.