- The town of Brown Grove, Virginia is seeking to become “a case study for environmental justice.”
- The town is located near several toxic industrial sites and has been impacted by environmental pollution.
- EJ advocates are asking officials for increased environmental protections and for the responsible cleanup of contaminated sites.
- The town is working with environmental organizations to raise awareness of environmental justice issues and to bring attention to the impacts of pollution on their community.
- The goal of the effort is to serve as an example for other communities facing similar environmental challenges and to create a model for environmental justice.
By: Bay Journal | January 24, 2023
Members of a historic Black community in central Virginia are asking the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to make their ongoing concerns a case study for environmental justice. But progress has been slow…
Brown Grove is a relatively small area that today includes about 200 homes on rural, wooded lots. It also includes a landfill, a concrete plant, an airport, a truck stop off the nearby highway and an old gas station that some suspect wasn’t properly closed. The Wegman’s distribution center, residents say, will greatly increase truck traffic on the two-lane road that leads to it.
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