Landfill sites, giant hog farms, incinerators and other 'bad neighbor' industries in the US tend to be situated in African American communities, writes Heather Kathryn Ross. The Environmental Protection Agency is legally obliged to prevent 'environmental racism', but from California to Michigan, low-income communities of color have been waiting years for it to take a stand. Now, backed by Earthjustice, they are forcing the issue - in the courts.
… to alleviate the effects of these landfills, coal ash dumps or smokestacks on the families … of discrimination: Alabama, 2013: toxic coal ash waste - Complaint about the reissuing …