Current location:opinions >>
Republican AGs attack Biden's EPA for pursuing environmental discrimination cases
opinions3People have gathered around
IntroductionST. LOUIS (AP) — Republican attorneys general attacked the Biden administration’s stated goal of pur ...
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Republican attorneys general attacked the Biden administration’s stated goal of pursuing environmental justice, calling it a form of “racial engineering.‘’
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and 22 other GOP officials asked the EPA Tuesday to stop using civil rights laws to investigate actions and policies that result in harm to Black people or other minority groups — even unintentionally — more than white residents.
“The EPA should be focusing on enforcing the environmental laws passed by Congress, not so called ‘environmental justice,’ which is a euphemism for Biden’s extreme agenda,‘’ Moody said. Their petition demands that the EPA change decades-old rules, though the civil rights law could still be used where discrimination was intentional.
The petition is unlikely to convince the Biden administration to back away from an issue EPA Administrator Michael Regan has taken pains to highlight. Regan, for example, went on a “Journey to Justice” tour to places like the industrial stretch of Louisiana typically called Cancer Alley to show how majority-Black communities living near polluters were being hurt. To address such harms, the EPA has turned in part to a section of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 called Title VI to open investigations and pressure states to make changes.
Tags:
Reprint:Friends are welcome to share on the Internet, but please indicate the source of the article when reprinting it.“International Iterations news portal”。http://www.videocameralive.com/news-91b399559.html
Related articles
Dodgers place Kelly on injured list. Buehler activated to make first start in 2 years
opinionsLOS ANGELES (AP) — Dodgers reliever Joe Kelly was placed on the 15-day injured list Monday with a ri ...
【opinions】
Read moreA look at commencement ceremonies as US campuses are roiled by protests over the Israel
opinionsCommencement ceremonies are being held at colleges and universities across the U.S. As many campuses ...
【opinions】
Read moreCelta Vigo closer to avoiding relegation after edging Villarreal in Spanish league
opinionsMADRID (AP) — Anastasios Douvikas scored the winning goal two minutes after coming off the bench as ...
【opinions】
Read more
Popular articles
- Husband of Florida woman missing in Spain is charged with her disappearance
- Mexico recovers bodies likely those of missing surfers
- EMILY PRESCOTT: It's a power meeting! Eco Ellie Goulding's cosy chat with Ovo energy boss
- Spice Girl Mel C is surrounded by eager fans as she lands at Sydney Airport amid Australian DJ tour
- Arsenal needs a favor from Tottenham in the title race. Current form suggests it won't happen
- Adrian Otaegui makes up 5 shots to win China Open
Latest articles
Lured by Rolling Stones performance, half
Israeli strike kills 4 civilians in southern Lebanon, state media says
Cambodian PM celebrates Int'l Labor Day with seaport workers
Driver dies after crashing into White House perimeter gate, Secret Service says
Milwaukee election leader ousted 6 months before election in presidential swing state
Exam tutor and education expert reveal the ultimate study hacks to help secure top marks
LINKS
- Hong Kong's top talent scheme approves 59,000 applications
- St. Petersburg tightens security measures after Moscow terrorist attack
- St. Petersburg tightens security measures after Moscow terrorist attack
- China's top anti
- Kirill Kaprizov helps Wild end Kings' eight
- 4 dead, 97 injured in 7.3
- China's securities regulator tightens delisting regulation
- 9 corpses found adrift in boat off Brazil were likely migrants from Mauritania and Mali, police say
- Donald Glover set to debut new Childish Gambino music on upcoming livestream
- Israeli airstrike kills 9 Palestinians in Gaza's Rafah