DOJ ends environmental justice agreement in Alabama county citing Trump

Chattahoochee Riverkeeper joins suit against Phenix City over Clean Water Act

PHENIX CITY, AL – Chattahoochee Riverkeeper has joined a state lawsuit against Phenix City for violations of the Clean Water Act and the Alabama Water Pollution Control Act. In July 2024, Chattahoochee Riverkeeper (CRK) sent a letter notifying the Phenix City Department of Public Utilities that they would have 60 days to stop discharging illegal levels of pollution into the Chattahoochee River from the Phenix City Wastewater Treatment Plant or t…

Trump has canceled environmental justice grants. Here’s what communities are losing.

Daisha Wall, left, community science program manager at CleanAIRE NC, helps a community member set up an air quality monitor. The Trump administration has canceled environmental justice-related grants, including one CleanAIRE NC received to install air quality monitors. (Courtesy of CleanAIRE NC) Jabaar Edmond has long advocated for better air quality in his Childs Park neighborhood in St. Petersburg, Florida. For decades, residents of the predo…

DOJ ends environmental justice agreement

MONTGOMERY, Ala. — The U.S. Department of Justice ended a settlement agreement regarding wastewater problems in a rural Alabama county where most residents are Black, closing an environmental justice probe launched by the Biden administration.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s green housing loan fund hits union snag – Chicago Tribune/Yahoo

Aldermanic AFSCME allies said Johnson’s labor peace offer was not enough to address concerns that the new nonprofit could pull away work that might otherwise be done by unionized Department of Housing workers.

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s green housing loan fund hits union snag

A fresh holdup emerged Monday when aldermen met to discuss Mayor Brandon Johnson’s proposal: the opposition of a key government workers union.

Mayor Johnson pushes environmental equity law after feds allege racist policies

Mayor Brandon Johnson is pushing an ordinance to change how and where polluting businesses are allowed to open, nearly two years after the city settled a civil rights complaint that alleged a pattern of discrimination that led to health threats in low-income communities of color.If passed into law, the measure would provide a significant change in the way heavy industry is allowed to locate and operate in Chicago. For instance, it would require …