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The agency Trump wants to eliminate also has the power to enact his biggest campaign promises
2 weeks, 6 days ago

The agency Trump wants to eliminate also has the power to enact his biggest campaign promises

Politico  

“A lot of conservatives would love a dismantling of the Department of Education,” said Sarah Parshall Perry, former senior counsel in Trump’s first civil rights office. “He’s going to want to show some progress.” Trump’s last civil rights office created a Title IX rule that mandated how schools respond to sexual misconduct and boosted rights for students accused of it. …

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Erfurt Latrine Disaster: When 60 Noblemen Plunged To Their Deaths In Human Excreta
1 month, 1 week ago

Erfurt Latrine Disaster: When 60 Noblemen Plunged To Their Deaths In Human Excreta

ABP News  

Warning: Do Not Read This Article About The 'Erfurt Latrine Disaster' If You Are Eating Or Are Easily Nauseated! In history, there would be very few events that can claim the title of being as bizarre, tragic, and downright gross as the Erfurt Latrine Disaster of 1184. The dispute eventually reached King Henry VI of Erfurt in Germany, who sought …

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Michigan, CUNY didn’t suitably assess if Israel-Hamas war protests made environment hostile, US says
6 months, 1 week ago

Michigan, CUNY didn’t suitably assess if Israel-Hamas war protests made environment hostile, US says

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The University of Michigan and the City University of New York did not adequately investigate complaints about antisemitic or anti-Palestinian harassment linked to campus protests over the Israel-Hamas war and other incidents, according to the results of investigations by the U.S. Education Department announced Monday. The department’s Office of Civil Rights investigated 75 instances of alleged discrimination and …

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Editorial: House antisemitism bill would stymie free speech and wouldn’t make students safer
7 months, 1 week ago

Editorial: House antisemitism bill would stymie free speech and wouldn’t make students safer

LA Times  

President Biden speaks at the U.S. Not appropriate — in fact, arguably unconstitutional — is a bill overwhelmingly approved by the House that would have the Education Department use an expansive definition of antisemitism that could chill political speech. The problem with the Antisemitism Awareness Act is that it directs the Education Department to “take into consideration” the working definition …

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Republican AGs attack Biden’s EPA for pursuing environmental discrimination cases
8 months, 1 week ago

Republican AGs attack Biden’s EPA for pursuing environmental discrimination cases

Associated Press  

ST. LOUIS — 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 — …

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Louisiana was open to Cancer Alley concessions. Then EPA dropped its investigation
1 year, 1 month ago

Louisiana was open to Cancer Alley concessions. Then EPA dropped its investigation

Associated Press  

For more than a year, the Environmental Protection Agency investigated whether Louisiana officials discriminated against Black residents by putting them at increased cancer risk. Eric Schaeffer, executive director of the Environmental Integrity Project and former head of EPA’s Office of Civil Enforcement, reviewed the draft agreement Louisiana health officials edited and sent to the agency, reflecting the state of negotiations …

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The EPA was on the cusp of cleaning up ‘Cancer Alley.’ Then it backed down.
1 year, 5 months ago

The EPA was on the cusp of cleaning up ‘Cancer Alley.’ Then it backed down.

Raw Story  

This story was originally published by Grist. Giles Clarke/Getty Images Grist obtained copies of two draft agreements from the now-defunct negotiations, which reveal efforts by EPA officials to institute profound changes to Louisiana’s permitting process, which has historically concentrated chemical plants near Black communities. “It’s disappointing to see EPA acquiesce to what seems like a lawsuit that really doesn’t have …

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The EPA was on the cusp of cleaning up "Cancer Alley." Then it backed down
1 year, 5 months ago

The EPA was on the cusp of cleaning up "Cancer Alley." Then it backed down

Salon  

Pastor Philip Schmitter waited more than 20 years for the Environmental Protection Agency to do its job. The cases originated in the region widely known as "Cancer Alley," an 85-mile industrial corridor in southeast Louisiana, and were voluntarily closed after the state's Republican attorney general sued the federal government for alleged abuses of power during the complaint negotiations. Grist obtained …

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EPA retreats on Louisiana investigations that alleged Black people lived amid higher cancer risk
1 year, 5 months ago

EPA retreats on Louisiana investigations that alleged Black people lived amid higher cancer risk

Associated Press  

The Biden administration has dropped an investigation into whether Louisiana officials put Black residents living in an industrial stretch of the state at increased cancer risk, despite finding initial evidence of racial discrimination, according to a federal court filing Tuesday. Last year, the agency accepted complaints from activists to investigate Louisiana’s regulation of air emissions in an industrial corridor called …

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Tribes accuse California water board of discrimination and urge EPA oversight of Bay-Delta
2 years ago

Tribes accuse California water board of discrimination and urge EPA oversight of Bay-Delta

LA Times  

A coalition of California tribes and environmental groups is calling for EPA oversight of the state water board. Members of the Shingle Springs Band of Miwok Indians, the Winnemem Wintu Tribe, Little Manila Rising, Restore the Delta and Save California Salmon are calling for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency oversight of the state water board, including an investigation into its alleged …

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EPA: Racial disparity in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’
2 years, 2 months ago

EPA: Racial disparity in Louisiana’s ‘Cancer Alley’

Associated Press  

NEW ORLEANS — The Environmental Protection Agency said it has evidence that Black residents in an industrial section of Louisiana face an increased risk of cancer from a nearby chemical plant and that state officials have allowed air pollution to remain high and downplayed its threat. It said EPA has “significant evidence suggesting that the Departments’ actions or inactions” have …

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Civil rights law targets ‘cancer alley’ discrimination
2 years, 2 months ago

Civil rights law targets ‘cancer alley’ discrimination

Associated Press  

— Sprawling industrial complexes line the drive east along the Mississippi River to the majority-Black town of Reserve, Louisiana. “We are embedding environmental justice and civil rights into the DNA of EPA,” Regan said. Regan visited Reserve last year and said “we will do better.” Now the EPA is investigating whether Louisiana regulators are discriminating against Black residents by failing …

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EPA investigates whether Louisiana regulators discriminated against Black residents in ‘cancer alley’
2 years, 2 months ago

EPA investigates whether Louisiana regulators discriminated against Black residents in ‘cancer alley’

LA Times  

Angelo Bernard, who lives near the Denka Performance Elastomer Plant, poses with his grandchildren who are visiting him for the weekend, at his home in Reserve, La. “We are embedding environmental justice and civil rights into the DNA of EPA,” Regan said. Regan visited Reserve last year and said that “we will do better.” Now the EPA is investigating whether …

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