House Democrats call on EPA to halt shuttering of environmental justice offices

A band of more than 100 House Democrats are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to halt its plans to shutter offices that help ensure low income and minority communities are not disproportionately saddled with pollution. 

The EPA announced earlier this month it plans to slash a broad suite of rules and determinations that aim to cut pollution or mitigate climate change.

That includes the environmental justice offices dedicated to fighting pollution in underserved...