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Activists Meet With Feds Over Environmental Racism

By DIONNE WALKER Associated Press Writer Posted: Oct. 27 5:28 p.m. Updated: Oct. 27 9:30 p.m. ATLANTA — Environmental and racial justice activists from six states met with federal Environmental Protection Agency officials Tuesday to demand a revamp of the agency they accuse of overlooking years of chronic environmental missteps in minority communities across the [...]

Regional Perspectives: Seeking Justice in Transportation Plans

Via the Maryland Daily Record: JOE NATHANSON Special to The Daily Record June 9, 2009 What would West Baltimore’s infamous “highway to nowhere” have in common with an MTA bus depot located in East Baltimore? The Route 40/Franklin-Mulberry corridor highway tore through established neighborhoods in the 1970s. The planned connection to Interstate 70 was never [...]