Por: New York Daily News Nation October 21, 2022
It’s not water under the bridge for the feds. The EPA is investigating the state of Mississippi over the water disaster in its capital Jackson. Only a trickle of water came out of a faucet in Jackson, Miss., on Sept. 1. Residents of the city, which is 80% Black, had to boil water from July until September. They went completely without running water for several days in late August after floods overwhelmed Jackson’s water treatment system.... + full article
Associated Press USA Health October 21, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The federal government is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state’s majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its , the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday.The announcement... + más
EPA civil rights case targets Mississippi over Jackson water | WPLG Local 10
EPA launches civil rights investigation into Mississippi over Jackson water crisis | ABC News
ABC News USA Nation October 21, 2022
The Environmental Protection Agency announced Thursday that it will open a federal civil rights investigation looking at Mississippi's use of federal funds in Jackson and if the majority Black residents were discriminated against by not funding improvements to the water... + más
EPA civil rights case targets Mississippi over Jackson water | Associated Press
WPLG Local 10 USA Politics October 21, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – The federal government is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state's majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its , the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday.The announcement... + más
EPA civil rights case targets Mississippi over Jackson water | ABC News
EPA launches civil rights investigation into Mississippi over Jackson water crisis | ABC7
ABC7 USA World October 21, 2022
EPA opens civil right probe of Mississippi after Jackson water crisis | Politico
ABC News USA Health October 20, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said Thursday that it is investigating whether Mississippi state agencies discriminated against the state's majority-Black capital city by refusing to fund improvements for its failing water system.The announcement... + más
EPA opens civil rights probe into Mississippi water woes | WPTV
NAACP says Jackson's water problems are civil rights issue | WPLG Local 10
The Advocate USA Business October 14, 2022
The state Departments of Environmental Quality and Health may be violating federal civil rights laws and regulations by allowing Black people to suffer disproportionate impacts from air pollution in Louisiana's industrial corridor, including an increased risk of cancer, the... + más
EPA: Racial disparity in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' | WPLG Local 10
EPA: Racial disparity in Louisiana's 'Cancer Alley' | Associated Press
WPLG Local 10 USA Politics September 28, 2022
JACKSON, Miss. – In a federal complaint Tuesday, the NAACP said Mississippi officials “all but assured” a drinking water calamity in Jackson by depriving the state’s majority-Black capital city of badly needed funds to upgrade its infrastructure. The organization asked... + más
NAACP says Jackson's water problems are civil rights issue | Associated Press
Lawsuit seeks repairs to troubled Mississippi water system | Associated Press
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