Environmental
Apr. 10, 2012
Civil rights complaint against EPA can move forward
A judge allowed a civil rights complaint against the federal EPA to move forward, finding that it failed to address long-running accusations that toxic waste dumps are unfairly located in poor Latino parts of California.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
A Fresno federal judge allowed a civil rights complaint against the federal Environmental Protection Agency to move forward Friday, finding that the agency has failed to address a long-running accusation that toxic waste dumps are unfairly located in poor Latino parts of California.
In 1994, residents of the Central Valley communities of Buttonwillow and Kettleman City petitioned the EPA to investigate...
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