EPA Touts Equity Agenda To Defend Against Rights Commission's Critique

EPA is touting its plan to bolster consideration of environmental justice (EJ) issues in decisionmaking to help defend against a U.S. Civil Rights Commission report that harshly criticizes the agency's equity efforts, including long delays in responding to rights complaints and EPA's coal ash disposal rule potentially harming EJ communities. “EPA has a robust and successful national program to protect minority and low-income communities from pollution,” says an undated statement from Mustafa Ali, Administrator Gina McCarthy's senior advisor on EJ,...