US EditionEPA to investigate whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents in infrastructure funding
- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched an investigation into whether Alabama discriminated against Black communities in the distribution of federal infrastructure funding.
- The complaint alleges that Alabama's grant allocation system makes it more challenging for Black communities, particularly those in the rural and impoverished Black Belt, to receive funding for vital sanitation projects.
- The EPA's investigation aims to address the systemic discrimination faced by Alabama residents, ensuring access to clean water and proper sanitation, which are basic human rights.
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EPA Launches Civil Rights Investigation into Alabama Department of Environmental Management Over Sanitation Inequity in Black Communities
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) yesterday opened a federal civil rights investigation to examine whether the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) has discriminated in its distribution of funding for wastewater infrastructure and withheld resources from communities of color that...
EPA to investigate whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents in infrastructure funding
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it has opened a civil rights investigation into whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents when handing out funding for
EPA to investigate whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents in infrastructure funding
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Tuesday it has opened a civil rights investigation into whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents when handing out funding for
EPA to investigate whether Alabama withheld sewer funds from Black Belt
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has opened an investigation into whether Alabama discriminated against Black residents when handing out billions of dollars in federal infrastructure funding.
EPA opens civil rights probe into Alabama’s management of sewage infrastructure funds
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will investigate possible racial discrimination in Alabama’s management of funds that can be used to bolster sewage infrastructure. In a notice issued Tuesday, the Biden administration said it will look into whether the state excludes residents from participating in its water infrastructure program or denies them benefits on the basis…
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