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Author Archives: Talia Buford

Posted inWorkers’ Rights

Workers cheated as federal contractors prosper

by Talia Buford and Maryam Jameel April 6, 2017January 28, 2022

For 11 years, Karla Quezada assembled sandwiches at the Subway in the food court of the Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, a sprawling complex in downtown Washington, D.C., owned by the U.S. General Services Administration. She routinely worked more than 40 hours a week, with no overtime pay. She worked holidays, also without […]

Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

Rare discrimination finding by EPA civil-rights office

by Talia Buford January 25, 2017March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

EPA works to remake troubled Office of Civil Rights

by Talia Buford January 20, 2017March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

Report slams EPA civil rights compliance

by Talia Buford and Kristen Lombardi September 23, 2016March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

EPA discretion on settled civil rights case not subject to review, court rules

by Talia Buford May 12, 2016March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

Commentary: Why I missed the Flint story

by Talia Buford April 15, 2016March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

Residents of minority communities decry dumping of toxic coal ash

by Talia Buford February 5, 2016March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

Civil Rights Commission to hold hearing on environmental justice

by Kristen Lombardi and Talia Buford February 4, 2016March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

Steel mill that never was ‘casts a shadow’ on EPA Office of Civil Rights

by Talia Buford and Kristen Lombardi December 18, 2015March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

EPA begins ‘wholesale attempt’ to fix much-criticized Office of Civil Rights

by Talia Buford December 1, 2015March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

EPA draft plan would perpetuate environmental racism, critics say

by Kristen Lombardi and Talia Buford October 9, 2015March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

EPA plans more aggressive civil-rights reviews

by Kristen Lombardi and Talia Buford September 15, 2015March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

EPA annual report to examine improvements in civil rights office

by Talia Buford August 21, 2015March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

How to fix the EPA’s broken civil-rights office

by Talia Buford and Kristen Lombardi August 20, 2015March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

In California, an unsatisfying settlement on pesticide-spraying

by Talia Buford August 11, 2015March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

Thirteen years and counting: anatomy of an EPA civil rights investigation

by Talia Buford August 7, 2015March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

Environmental racism persists, and the EPA is one reason why

by Kristen Lombardi, Talia Buford and Ronnie Greene August 3, 2015March 2, 2023
Posted inEnvironmental Justice, Denied

Decades of inaction

Avatar photo by Yue Qiu and Talia Buford August 3, 2015March 2, 2023
Posted inWorkers’ Rights

Job-related deaths among Latino, contract workers rose in 2013

by Talia Buford April 22, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights

Workplace injury, illness costs being foisted on workers, government, OSHA’s Michaels says

by Talia Buford and Maryam Jameel March 4, 2015January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Black history and heritage bulldozed by gas boom

by Eleanor Bell Fox and Talia Buford February 6, 2015January 28, 2022
Posted inCoal Ash, Energy, Environment

Coal ash no worse than everyday trash, EPA rules

Avatar photo by Kristen Lombardi, Jamie Smith Hopkins and Talia Buford December 19, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inBig Oil, Bad Air, Environment, Pollution

Citing health risks, New York State bans fracking

by Talia Buford December 17, 2014January 7, 2022
Posted inEnvironment

Plant expansions fueled by shale gas boom to boost greenhouse gas, toxic air emissions

by Talia Buford December 10, 2014January 28, 2022
Posted inWorkers’ Rights

Contractor, Hispanic worker deaths up in 2013, BLS says

by Talia Buford September 11, 2014January 28, 2022

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