President Biden's top environment official recently visited what is considered the birthplace of the environmental justice movement to unveil a national office that will distribute $3 billion in block grants to underserved communities burdened by pollution.
Arkansas environmental regulators are taking steps to repeal one of two emission policies federal officials claimed the state failed to address in a timely manner and environmentalists have worried could harm residents living near industrial facilities.
The level of regulated air pollutants in Arkansas continued to decline throughout 2016, the latest year for which data are available, according to a report from the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.
