An Environmental Justice Test Case for Trump’s EPA: A Creek That Smells Like Death

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By By Lisa SorgAug 13, 2025, 5:00 am122 ptsTrending
EPA expressed alarm at contamination in a creek near a predominantly Black neighborhood. Then the agency eliminated its civil-rights office and has taken no further action. By Lisa Sorg DURHAM, N.C.—On a summer afternoon in Burton Park, hip-hop throbs from a car stereo over the backbeat of a basketball…

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