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EPA launches civil rights investigation into Mississippi over Jackson water crisis

Por: ABC7 World October 21, 2022

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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 supply.The EPA investigation will look into if Mississippi's Department of Health and Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality discriminated against the majority... + full article



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