A Reckoning in North Birmingham as EPA Studies the ‘Cumulative Impacts’ of Pollution and Racism

Inside Climate News · By Vernon Loeb · last updated July 16, 2023 – 1:08 AM

With the EPA review ongoing at the 35th Avenue Superfund site, the Southern Environmental Law Center on Friday threatened new federal litigation against Bluestone Coke for alleged wastewater pollution.

By Vernon Loeb

BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—The question hangs over three Black neighborhoods in industrial north Birmingham that, together, compose the 35th Avenue Superfund site: What does the future hold—revitalization, or relocation?

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