Inside Climate News: A new report by the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights charges the Environmental Protection Agency with doing too little about environmental discrimination against low-income and minority communities, with one commissioner calling the agency "practically toothless" in dealing with the issue.
The Commission on Civil Rights, an independent, bipartisan agency, focused on the EPA in its annual statutory enforcement report that is sent to Congress and the White House. The new assessment, published Sept. 23, criticizes environmental regulators' failure to account for environmental justice when reviewing complaints and developing new policies.
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