DOJ ends environmental justice agreement in Alabama county citing Trump

New York Must Keep Moving in the Fight for Environmental Justice - City Limits

Dismissing the Queensboro Renewable Express would be an enormous mistake by the state in the face of Trump administration delays in renewable energy development. The Ravenswood Generating Station has long contributed to excessive pollution in western Queens. (Adi Talwar/City Limits) In 1960, deep in the fight for civil rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. preached the virtue of persistence: “If you can’t fly, then run. If you can’t run, then walk.…

Advocates Blast Trump's Anti-Environmental Justice Agenda

Dr. Benjamin Chavis, a leading civil and human rights activist, is criticizing the Trump administration for gutting federal environmental justice programs, which he believes will lead to greater suffering and harm for communities of color. The post Advocates Blast Trump’s Anti-Environmental Justice Agenda appeared first on The Washington Informer.

DHS cancels federal neurodiversity workforce contract

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency has cancelled a contract project aimed at filling talent gaps by improving the recruitment and retention of people with autism and other neurodivergent conditions. The contract’s termination upends a years-long effort, started under the first Trump administration, to recognize neurodiversity across the federal government. Data from CISA’s pilot project would have helped inform broader efforts …

Wisconsin couple invests in wastewater efforts - Lowndes Signal

Schalls visit Lowndes County to see BBUWP progress For the past three years, Doug and Mary Beth Schall travel down to Lowndes County from Mazomanie, Wisconsin. The couple, supporters of the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program (BBUWP), make the journey to give an annual donation and see the work their dollars help to fund. “I read a book, and it was called ‘Waste’ by Catherine Coleman Flowers,” Mary Beth said. “Back in Wisconsin, I tried…

Rural Alabamians Lived With Poop-Filled Water for Decades. Trump Just Killed Plans For Relief.

Last April, Sherry Bradley and the Black Belt Unincorporated Wastewater Program helped rural Alabama resident Willie Perryman install a septic system in his home for the first time.  Since his grandfather purchased the land and homestead more than six decades ago, none of the family’s properties had a proper disposal system for their waste. Thousands of families across rural America don’t have the financial means to run a proper septic system, a…

Trump Administration Terminates 'Illegal DEI' Settlement Addressing Alabama's Sewage Crisis In Black Communities

The Trump administration has rescinded a historic settlement designed to improve wastewater treatment services for residents in majority-Black communities in Lowndes County, Alabama, where inadequate infrastructure has long led to raw sewage exposure. On Friday, April 11, 2025, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced the termination of the 2-year-old agreement made with the Alabama Department of Public Health (ADPH) under the Biden admini…