The Holts Discuss Dickson, TN Litigation
2,376 views · Published 13 March 2012 · 1:11:14 · Indexed 14 November 2026
Channel: NRDC · 2012 · News & Politics
In December 2011, NRDC's Litigation and EJ Teams secured a landmark environmental justice victory in Dickson, TN. Following a four-year legal effort, a settlement was reached in a case NRDC brought on behalf of itself and two members (Sheila Holt-Orsted and Beatrice Holt) of an African-American family whose homestead was adjacent to a landfill contaminated with toxic trichloroethylene (TCE). The settlement ensures that the Dickson community will be permanently protected from toxic well water and provided with safe municipal drinking water. The case has been called the "poster child" of environmental racism and toxic dumping in this country by prominent environmental justice advocates. For additional background on the case, as well as videos, you can read Al Huang's Switchboard blog about the settlement here: http://switchboard.nrdc.org/blogs/ahuang/if_there_is_no_struggle.html#.TzA5b869qL8.email
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