Articles by Senior Staff Writer Lylla Younes
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![Smoke billows from one of many chemical plants in the area of Cancer Alley in Baton Rouge, Louisiana]()
![Smoke billows from one of many chemical plants in the area of Cancer Alley in Baton Rouge, Louisiana]()
Republican attorneys general mount a new attack on the EPA’s use of civil rights law
Twenty-three states want the Biden administration's EPA to curtail its approach to environmental justice.
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![louisiana chemical plants]()
The EPA’s first chemical plant rule in 20 years targets polluters in Louisiana and Texas
The new regulations could cut emissions of certain carcinogens by nearly 80 percent.
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![Steel mills along a lake on a stormy day]()
![Steel mills along a lake on a stormy day]()
The EPA wanted to clean up steel mills. Then a group of Rust Belt senators got involved.
Steel towns will see some reductions in toxic pollution from new regulations — but not as much as they’d hoped.
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![The ConMed warehouse in Lithia Springs, Georgia]()
![The ConMed warehouse in Lithia Springs, Georgia]()
A loophole in the EPA’s new sterilizer rule leaves warehouse workers vulnerable
"They’re going to declare victory on this one and move on."
