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US to hold surprise plant inspections targeting pollution in Louisiana’s Cancer Alley

Michael Regan, head of the EPA, walks with Robert Taylor and Lydia Gerard, community organizers in Reserve, Louisiana.
Michael Regan, head of the EPA, walks with Robert Taylor and Lydia Gerard, community organizers in Reserve, Louisiana. Photograph: Julie Dermansky/The Guardian

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has unveiled plans to conduct unannounced inspections of plants suspected of air pollution violations in the heavily industrialized region in Louisiana known as Cancer Alley and other locations around the US south.

The move, announced on Wednesday morning alongside other significant new enforcement and monitoring actions, is aimed at reining in pollution in an area with much of America’s most toxic air.

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