The Exide battery plant has violated thousands of air-quality standards over three decades. Governor Brown should immediately end the wait up to 100,000 residents must endure and fully fund the cleanup and cancer tests.
Why is this important?
We must hold our government accountable for failing to strictly enforce pollution controls, and we must provide relief for the residents harmed as a result. Companies like Exide will continue to endanger people if they can violate laws and get weak punishments - let's make sure the government knows that if they let companies off the hook, they'll be held accountable instead.
