Christopher Boerner and Thomas Lambert, in The Public Interest (Winter 1995), 1112 16th St. N.W., Ste. 530, Washington, D.C. 20036.
Are poor blacks and other minorities-to add to all their other woes-made to bear more than their fair share of the burden of pollution? A disproportionate number of industrial and waste facilities are placed in their backyards, activists against "environmental racism" assert, and regulators often give owners carte blanche to pollute. In Washington, some liberal...