Until the EPA uses its power to defend Title VI, people will continue to suffer. “We’re having funerals every week in St. James,” said Shamyra Lavigne, an Earthjustice partner. “We already know this is racism. We already know it’s environmental violence… I need this to stop.”
ALT The Denka Performance Elastomer manufacturing plant in Reserve, Louisiana, photographed on March 18, 2022. (Brad Zweerink / Earthjustice)