This article narrates how BIPOC and poor communities may face the threat of even more pollution and health risks as Trump plans to roll back on environmental laws. The foregoing is justified by the fact these new jobs would provide jobs. Several problems arise in this scenario: a) communities are stripped of the independence the previous law ascribed; b) communities are going to be placed at greater risks of health and pollution hazards; c) these same communities will also be at risk of not affording new areas, not to mention simply being pushed out. NEPA is instrumental to protecting communities, especially BIPOC and poor communities where ashtma, hypertension, and diabetes are overrepresented and also threaten the health of the communities with the continued permeation COVID-19.
Juliet Eilperin and Brady Dennis, "Nixon signed this key environmental law. Trump plans to change it to speed up pipelines, highway projects and more.", contributed by Briana Leone, The Energy Rights Project, Platform for Experimental Collaborative Ethnography, last modified 16 July 2020, accessed 4 November 2024. https://energyrights.info/content/nixon-signed-key-environmental-law-trump-plans-change-it-speed-pipelines-highway-projects
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This article narrates how BIPOC and poor communities may face the threat of even more pollution and health risks as Trump plans to roll back on environmental laws. The foregoing is justified by the fact these new jobs would provide jobs. Several problems arise in this scenario: a) communities are stripped of the independence the previous law ascribed; b) communities are going to be placed at greater risks of health and pollution hazards; c) these same communities will also be at risk of not affording new areas, not to mention simply being pushed out. NEPA is instrumental to protecting communities, especially BIPOC and poor communities where ashtma, hypertension, and diabetes are overrepresented and also threaten the health of the communities with the continued permeation COVID-19.