13 EPA civil rights complaints, including one targeting poultry farm pollution, in limbo - Investigate Midwest

13 EPA civil rights complaints, including one targeting poultry farm pollution, in limbo - Investigate Midwest

This story was originally published by The Sentient.Since the beginning of President Trump’s second term, the Environmental Protection Agency has not been allowed to accept new civil rights complaints or issue any findings of discrimination for existing complaints, according to former and current agency staff who spoke with Sentient. These informal directives have limited the EPA’s capacity to enforce Title VI of the Civil Rights Act — a provisi…