Cancer Alley

In February 2025, the Trump administration planned to dismiss the lawsuit against Denka in line with its plan to eliminate DEI programs, including environmental justice,{{Cite news |last=Friedman |first=Lisa |date=2025-03-04 |title=Trump Administration Said to Drop Lawsuit Over Toxic Chemical |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/climate/trump-administration-lawsuit-denka-carcinogen.html |access-date=2025-03-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} as leading positions in the EPA were filled with former representatives or lobbyists of the oil and chemical industry.{{Cite news |last1=Friedman |first1=Lisa |last2=Tabuchi |first2=Hiroko |last3=Davenport |first3=Coral |date=2025-01-25 |title=Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/climate/epa-staff-oil-gas-chemical-industry-lobbyists.html?searchResultPosition=120 |access-date=2025-03-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

In February 2025, the Trump administration planned to dismiss the lawsuit against Denka in line with its plan to eliminate DEI programs, including environmental justice,{{Cite news |last=Friedman |first=Lisa |date=2025-03-04 |title=Trump Administration Said to Drop Lawsuit Over Toxic Chemical |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/climate/trump-administration-lawsuit-denka-carcinogen.html |access-date=2025-03-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}} as leading positions in the EPA were filled with former representatives or lobbyists of the oil and chemical industry.{{Cite news |last1=Friedman |first1=Lisa |last2=Tabuchi |first2=Hiroko |last3=Davenport |first3=Coral |date=2025-01-25 |title=Trump Stocks E.P.A. With Oil, Gas and Chemical Lobbyists |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/25/climate/epa-staff-oil-gas-chemical-industry-lobbyists.html?searchResultPosition=120 |access-date=2025-03-05 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}

In April of 2026, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down an opinion regarding [[Chevron USA Inc. v. Plaquemines Parish]]. The removal jurisdiction case sought to determine if oil companies, such as Chevron, were liable for their deleterious impacts on the Louisiana environment{{Cite news |last=VanSickle |first=Abbie |date=2026-04-17 |title=Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/politics/supreme-court-oil-louisiana.html |access-date=2026-04-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}. This effort by Plaquemines Parish, which is situated along cancer alley, is a response to Louisiana's rapidly [[Coastal erosion|receding coastline]], which has seen a loss of about 2,000 square miles of costal land since the mid-19th century{{Cite news |last=VanSickle |first=Abbie |date=2026-04-17 |title=Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/us/politics/supreme-court-oil-louisiana.html |access-date=2026-04-20 |work=The New York Times |language=en-US |issn=0362-4331}}. According to the EPA, Louisiana is particularly vulnerable to the compounding impact of climate change on factors such as sea level, [[extreme weather]] events, and flooding{{Cite web |last=US EPA |first=OA |title=Climate Impacts in the Southeast |url=https://19january2017snapshot.epa.gov/climate-impacts/climate-impacts-southeast |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=19january2017snapshot.epa.gov |language=en}}, as reflected in this legal battle to hold oil companies accountable. This case sets a precedent that similar climate liability cases fit under federal jurisdiction rather than state jurisdiction{{Cite web |last=Reid |first=Aaron |date=2025-10-27 |title=Supreme Court’s Plaquemines Parish Case Deserves More Attention – O.H. Skinner |url=https://journals.law.harvard.edu/jlpp/supreme-courts-plaquemines-parish-case-deserves-more-attention-o-h-skinner/ |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy |language=en-US}}.

==Environmental racism==

==Environmental racism==