EPA should force Louisiana to curb air pollution, environmentalists say

Louisiana’s current draft proposal to meet federal pollution reduction goals has been criticized by environmental groups who are now calling on the EPA to enforce its own plan instead of the state’s, which these groups deem inadequate. The current proposal ignores key sources of pollution such as coal burning power plants and as a result, fails to ensure clean air for the state’s national parks as well as many majority black communities that are disproportionately burdened by the state’s rampant pollution. Louisiana’s current draft proposal to meet federal pollution reduction goals has been criticized by environmental groups who are now calling on the EPA to enforce its own plan instead of the state’s, which these groups deem inadequate. The current proposal ignores key sources of pollution such as coal burning power plants and as a result, fails to ensure clean air for the state’s national parks as well as many majority black communities that are disproportionately burdened by the state’s rampant pollution.