FORT WORTH, Texas — In Echo Heights, a neighborhood in Fort Worth, a group of Texas-based environmental advocates have joined a class action lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). They say that the billions of dollars cut from grants designated to help improve air quality have put vulnerable communities at risk.
Members of the community say they already face an uphill battle addressing poor air quality in their neighborhood, but the existing lawsuit against the EPA has raised more concerns.
Letitia Wilbourn is one of the members of the Echo Heights Stop Six Environmental Coalition, which is blaming the City of Fort Worth for the industrialization that has caused the health catastrophe in their community…