States Demand Rollback of EPA Civil Rights Regulations (2)

A group of Republican-led states want the EPA to begin the process of rolling back elements of its Title VI regulations, according to a new petition for rulemaking.

The coalition of 23 attorneys general, led by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody (R), petitioned the Environmental Protection Agency Tuesday to launch a rulemaking process to amend its Title VI regulations and move them “more in line” with constitutional language under the Equal Protection Clause.

Red states take issue with the use of “disparate impacts” in civil rights investigations, which look at a totality of environmental harms within marginalized communities when determining ...