US EPA & Environmental Justice: Gordon Plaza Residential Subdivision – Agriculture Street Landfill Superfund Site; New Orleans, LA

EPA acts on environmental justice in 3 Gulf Coast states (Matthew DALY, Associated Press; January 26, 2022)

https://apnews.com/article/business-environment-and-nature-louisiana-new-orleans-environment-ccb822af6faa062d39f811b437786beb

New Orleans budgets $35 million to move residents off a landfill, but it’s not guaranteed (Halle PARKER, Nola.com; January 6, 2022)

https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_a067f69a-6f2c-11ec-ac60-a7fc58ee8b03.html

‘We’re just waiting to die’: the black residents living on top of a toxic landfill site (Lauren ZANOLLI, The Guardian UK; 11 December 2019)

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/11/gordon-plaza-louisiana-toxic-landfill-site

Selected Publication:

Final Close Out Report – Agriculture Street Landfill Superfund Site, New Orleans, Louisiana (US EPA, Region VI; April 2002)

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