Live Breaking News & Updates on Nancy Loeb

Stay updated with breaking news from Nancy loeb. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.

Environmental complaint leads to federal discrimination probe


Environmental complaint leads to federal discrimination probe
 
Updated 2/5/2021 4:19 PM
SPRINGFIELD The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an investigation into the Illinois EPA over whether the planned relocation of an industrial scrap shredder on Chicago s Southeast Side discriminates against communities of color.
A complaint filed in December by a pair of local community advocacy groups accused the Illinois EPA of unfairly discriminating against majority Latino and Black communities in the area by allowing a construction permit to be issued to General III LLC for a scrap metal recycling facility.
 
The complaint, filed by attorneys for the Chicago Southeast Side Coalition to Ban Petcoke and the Southeast Environmental Task Force, spurred the EPA s External Civil Rights Compliance Office to open an investigation on Jan. 25. ....

United States , George Washington High School , Calumet River , Lincoln Park , Breanna Bertacchi , Nancy Loeb , Oscar Sanchez , Olga Bautista , Us Environmental Protection Agency , Southeast Youth Alliance , Investment Group , Southeast Environmental Task , Chicago Southeast Side Coalition To Ban Petcoke , Iron Industries , Civil Rights Compliance Office , Us Department Of Justice , Protection Agency , Southeast Side , Chicago Southeast Side Coalition , Ban Petcoke , Southeast Environmental Task Force , General Iron Industries , Near North Side , George Washington High , North Side , United Neighbors ,

Lead On: A federal rule full of holes


Lead On: A federal rule full of holes
For about three decades, Evanston has collected nearly 440 water samples for lead testing. 60% came from the historically White and wealthy 6th and 7th wards. Only 1.8% came from the historically Black 5th Ward.
HEENA SRIVASTAVA: When my co-reporter Kalen and I started reporting this story, it was based on one of those hunches you really hope isn’t true one of those stories where, if you were wrong, it meant people were doing their jobs well. But if you were right, it meant Evanston officials were neglecting residents, and they were paying the price. ....

United States , Bruce Spencer , Helen Binns , Nancy Loeb , Janet Alexander Davis , Molly Lubbers , Robin Rue Simmons , Dave Stoneback , Alex Chun , Eleanore Meade , Jacob Ohara , Marissa Martinez , Tom Neltner , Rue Simmons , Stephen Mccomb , Darrell King , Heena Srivastava , Kalen Luciano , Gabby Birenbaum , Environmental Protection Agency , Environmental Defense Fund , Pritzker School Of Law Environmental Advocacy Center , Illinois Environmental Protection Agency , European Union , Department Of Public Health , Copper Rule ,