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Solly Mack

(95,552 posts)
11. It is going to get worse.
Tue Jul 29, 2025, 12:43 PM
Jul 29

A recent example would be the Trump Regime dropping the case below -

The Trump administration’s Department of Justice (DOJ) has agreed to drop an environmental justice case against the Denka petrochemical plant in Louisiana’s “Cancer Alley.”

The Biden-era lawsuit sought to curb chloroprene emissions that are harming surrounding majority-Black communities like Reserve, Louisiana.

Filed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the lawsuit stated that Denka’s chloroprene emissions posed “an imminent and substantial endangerment” to public health, reported The Hill.

“The endangerment is imminent because Denka emits chloroprene at levels that are producing unacceptably high risks of cancer to the people, including children, that are regularly exposed to the Facility’s emissions,” the lawsuit said. “Hundreds of children attend school near the Facility and currently breathe the air there.”


Marginalized people, due to white supremacy, have been forced into marginalized neighborhoods, also because of white supremacy, and those neighborhoods are further marginalized when industry is allowed to go unchecked and unregulated - and in fact shouldn't be allowed to be built where people live at all.

But it's cheaper to live where the quality of life is worse and marginalized people (because of racism and classism) have to live where they can - and it is by design. Keep those "undesirables" hidden away and if they die earlier, all the better.

The Trump Regime said it was part of their anti-DEI initiative -

The Justice Department on Friday celebrated its decision to drop a federal lawsuit against a Louisiana petrochemical plant accused of worsening cancer risks for residents in a majority-Black community, saying the dismissal showed that officials are “delivering on President (Donald) Trump’s promise to dismantle radical DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) programs and restore integrity to federal enforcement efforts.”

The dismissal Wednesday of the two-year-old case underscored the Trump administration’s commitment to “eliminate ideological overreach and restore impartial enforcement of federal laws,’' Justice said in a statement.

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I have a copy of Spike Lee's malaise Jul 29 #1
"I didn't think of that." lapucelle Jul 29 #2
And it must be looting JustAnotherGen Jul 29 #3
The documentary is excellent pattyloutwo Jul 29 #4
The gentrification of NOLA benefitted the white newcomers and not local black families displaced by Katrina. Solly Mack Jul 29 #5
I feel like JustAnotherGen Jul 29 #6
It is going to get worse. Solly Mack Jul 29 #11
Alabama JustAnotherGen Jul 29 #14
Yep. Another example of the afflictions that come with white supremacy. Solly Mack Jul 29 #15
My hope JustAnotherGen Jul 29 #16
I agree. Trump has been a game-changer. We can and should forge a better way in the aftermath. Solly Mack Jul 29 #17
I'm truly radicalized JustAnotherGen Jul 29 #18
I'm in that zone and we're worried. Solly Mack Jul 29 #19
Did it talk about Mississippi? ITAL Jul 29 #7
No JustAnotherGen Jul 29 #8
I have to say that's a bit upsetting ITAL Jul 29 #9
I'd like to see a documentary maker JustAnotherGen Jul 29 #12
I watched the first 3 episodes last night, will finish today. likesmountains 52 Jul 29 #10
Ryan Coogler JustAnotherGen Jul 29 #13
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