Civil Rights Case Probes Racism Behind Cancer Alley Pollution

A major environmental justice case tying slavery’s legacy to Cancer Alley reached a new phase after a judge rejected defendants’ motion to dismiss last month. The lawsuit centers on claims that St. James Parish in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley, where many industrial sites are located on former plantations where people were enslaved, violated the U.S. Constitution […] The post Civil Rights Case Probes Racism Behind Cancer Alley Pollution appeared first on DeSmog.

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