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The Biden Administration s Embrace of Environmental Justice Has Made Wary Activists Willing to Believe
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SEPTA Nicetown plant: EPA takes up environmental justice complaint
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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.
Complaint filed against Illinois EPA prompts federal discrimination investigation
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The Biden Administration is seeking to advance “environmental justice” (EJ) through its policy and regulatory priorities in a way that no administration has before. Environmental justice which seeks to address disproportionate environmental impacts on racial minorities, Native American tribes, and disadvantaged communities is hardly a new concept. But in recent months, a variety of political, social, and economic forces has combined to underscore EJ concerns. The Black Lives Matter movement and COVID-19 pandemic have highlighted the damaging consequences of systemic racism and the heightened risks that low-income and minority populations bear, including from environmental pollution sources. These movements reignited a drive to address the excessive incidence of environmental contamination and pollution in disadvantaged communities. Some citizens, corporate shareholders, and the Biden Administration appear to share a co