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PLF's Tony Francois to testify on environmental justice before US Commission on Civil Rights

February 04, 2016 | By TONY FRANCOIS

On Friday, February 5, I will be testifying before the United States Commission on Civil Rights in Washington D.C., on the subject of environmental justice. Environmental justice is a concept that applies disparate racial impact theory to questions like siting, permitting, enforcement, and clean up of power plants, refineries, and similar faciliti ...