EJ Coalition Presses EPA To Reject AGs’ Petition To Weaken Title VI Rules

Nearly four dozen environmental justice (EJ) and allied groups are pressing EPA to reject a petition from Republican attorneys general (AG) to weaken the agency’s disparate impact rules under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, with the groups arguing the rules represent “critical protections” for disadvantaged communities. After assessing the rights law and the experience of communities harmed by pollution, “we are confident that EPA will find it appropriate to reject the Civil Rights Rollback Petition and, instead, strengthen...