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Oregon cities plan to sue state government over new environmental rules, parking reform

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Monday, October 3, 2022

At least nine Oregon cities say they plan to sue the state over a major climate-focused overhaul of local transportation and land use policies.

Nine cities are officially objecting to the major overhaul of transportation and land use rules.

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The passage of Senate Bill 4 threatens the land-use system that Gov. Tom McCall helped create, writes author and wildlife biologist Marcy Houle. Oregonians must press their case to leaders to continue to protect farmland and hold to existing decisions that reflect public priorities.

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Land Use

‘Cancer alley’ residents say they are victims of environmental racism in new lawsuit

Residents of an area of Louisiana that has become known as “cancer alley” due to the prominence of pollution coming from industry there are alleging that they are the victims of environmental racism in a new lawsuit.  They specifically point to a 2014 land use plan issued by their parish, the Louisiana equivalent of a...

Residents of an area of Louisiana that has become known as “cancer alley” due to the prominence of pollution coming from industry there are alleging that they are the victims of environmental racism in a new lawsuit.  They specifically point to a 2014 land use plan issued by their parish, the Louisiana equivalent of a county, which designated majority-black areas as places where industry could develop, according to the lawsuit.  The suit also says that the plan protected Catholic churches but left Baptist churches vulnerable to pollution, “which made the discrimination compound – religious and racial – and thus doubly unlawful.” The suit also said that the parish has approved every request by heavy industry to put facilities in majority-Black areas, but hasn't approved a request to do the same in majority-white areas in 46 years. "The Defendants... have intentionally chosen to locate over a dozen enormous industrial facilities in the majority Black 4th and 5th Districts, while explicitly sparing white residents from the risk of environmental harm," it alleged. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of environmental justice groups Inclusive Louisiana and Rise St. James as well as the Triumph Baptist Church against the parish, its council and its planning commission.  “Over and over, the St. James Parish Council has ignored us, has denied our cries for equal rights, for basic human rights,” said Rise St. James’s Shamyra Lavigne in a written statement.  “But we stand here today to say we will not be ignored, you will not sacrifice our lives.”  The Hill has attempted to reach the parish’s public information officer for comment. The suit comes amid increasing attention to environmental inequity. The EPA recently said in a letter of concern that the state of Louisiana may have discriminated against Black communities who live near air pollution sources.

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Oregon lawmakers push ‘transformational’ bipartisan plan to speed housing construction by streamlining local rules

For fifty years, Oregon's land use system has prioritized "citizen engagement" over the creation of housing. Lawmakers say that has to change for the state to meet its dire housing needs.

Housing advocates and builders in Oregon have long complained that rigid land use mandates and lengthy approval processes stall construction of housing that residents desperately need and drive up its cost.

Land Use

Northern Va. is the heart of the internet. Not everyone is happy about that.

The expansion of data centers in Northern Virginia, already home to the $8.4 billion industry's largest hub, has sparked land use battles, with residents near the buildings using drones and cloud computing to make their case.

The expansion of data centers in Northern Virginia, already home to the $8.4 billion industry's largest hub, has sparked land use battles, with residents near the buildings using drones and cloud computing to make their case.

Land Use

Ministers ‘run scared’ of targeting meat consumption in land use strategy

Exclusive: England plan will omit aim of reducing area used for animal farming, key to cutting emissions The government has been accused of being “pathetically nervous” about encouraging the public to eat less meat after excluding the aim from a key strategy.The Guardian can reveal that the government’s upcoming land use strategy will not include a reduction in area used for animal agriculture in England. Continue reading...

Exclusive: England plan will omit aim of reducing area used for animal farming, key to cutting emissions The government has been accused of being “pathetically nervous” about encouraging the public to eat less meat after excluding the aim from a key strategy.The Guardian can reveal that the government’s upcoming land use strategy will not include a reduction in area used for animal agriculture in England. Continue reading...

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