Republican state sues Biden admin over environmental justice actions: 'Dystopian nightmare'
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Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against the Biden administration over its actions targeting his state's massive petrochemical industry.
"Activities that would be perfectly lawful under environmental law are thus now threatened because EPA believes those activities occur proximate to the ‘wrong’ racial groups," the lawsuit states. "EPA does not bother to deny that it would be unconcerned if the exact same emissions occurred in areas with differing racial demographics." Thomas Catenacci is a politics writer for Fox News Digital.
"But EPA has nonetheless arrogated to itself the authority to decide whether otherwise-lawful emissions are affecting the 'right' racial groups," it continues. "Put succinctly, EPA frequently does not care about the content of air and water emissions, but only the color of the skin of those proximate to them. That dystopian nightmare violates the Civil Rights Act."