Midwest EPA leader outlines steps to address PFAS, brownfield sites

Underscoring a new push to advance equity and justice, an Environmental Protection Agency leader said Monday the federal regulator is hiring about five full-time employees to work on environmental justice.

Debra Shore, who President Joe Biden appointed in October to oversee the EPA region including Wisconsin, said agency studies show historic and systemic problems have led to worse air and water quality in underserved communities. In an interview on WPR’s "The Morning Show," she also supported using civil rights protections "in a much more vigorous way than (the) EPA ever has."...