Note By: Lindsay Bates

In this Note, Lindsay Bates highlights the critical issue that toxic pollutive emissions in Louisiana along the corporate playground coined as “Cancer Alley” are harming residents and children in a racially discriminatory way. Bates argues that Title IV of the Civil Rights Act may be applied in the environmental context when a citizen’s fundamental rights are being marginalized by state air quality and pollution regulators. Bates argues that states need to accept and follow guidance from the EPA to be compliant of their nondiscrimination obligations and amend current statutes.

Pollution Discrimination: The EPA’s Utilization of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act to Bring Justice to Overburdened African American Communities

Note By: Lindsay Bates

In this Note, Lindsay Bates highlights the critical issue that toxic pollutive emissions in Louisiana along the corporate playground coined as “Cancer Alley” are harming residents and children in a racially discriminatory way. Bates argues that Title IV of the Civil Rights Act may be applied in the environmental context when a citizen’s fundamental rights are being marginalized by state air quality and pollution regulators. Bates argues that states need to accept and follow guidance from the EPA to be compliant of their nondiscrimination obligations and amend current statutes.

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