Environmental Justice

Lawyer Who Sued Chevron Over Ecuador Pollution Faces NY Contempt Trial

"A disbarred American lawyer who spent more than two decades battling Chevron Corp over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest attempted on Monday to fend off criminal contempt charges stemming from a lawsuit against him by the energy company."

Source: Reuters, 05/12/2021

Environmental Justice: EPA Chief Steps Into Contentious Chicago Project

"EPA Administrator Michael Regan late last week intervened in what is being described as a civil rights case in the southeast side of Chicago, in an overburdened majority-Latino community where another car shredder is proposed."

Source: E&E News, 05/12/2021

Denka Toxic Releases Targeted By St. John Parish Group, EPA Watchdog

"An environmental group is demanding that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency take emergency actions to reduce chloroprene emissions at the Denka Performance Elastomer manufacturing plant in LaPlace and ethylene oxide emissions at two nearby chemical plants, charging that EPA’s own data show nearby minority and low-income residents of St. John the Baptist Parish face the highest risk of cancer in the country."

Source: New Orleans Times-Picayune, 05/11/2021

"3 Arrested Can Challenge Louisiana Pipeline Trespass Law"

"Protesters from New Orleans and Mississippi and a journalist from New York arrested during a protest against pipeline construction may continue their challenge of a Louisiana law carrying a possible five-year prison sentence for anyone convicted of trespassing in the area of a pipeline, a federal judge has ruled."

Source: AP, 05/10/2021

After 3rd Leak, EPA Probes Whether St. Croix Refinery Poses ‘Imminent Risk'

"The Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it was weighing whether a controversial refinery on St. Croix posed “an imminent risk to people’s health” after a third accident in the span of three months sickened local residents and forced three schools to close."

Source: Washington Post, 05/07/2021

BC Hydro, BC Ordered To Release Secret Site C Dam Docs To First Nations

"A B.C. Supreme Court judge has ordered BC Hydro and the B.C. government to release secret Site C dam financial and safety documents to West Moberly First Nations, but the public will not be permitted to see the information."

Source: The Narwhal, 05/07/2021

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