Bullard’s documentation of racial bias caused denial of a Louisiana nuclear waste permit

Evidence

In perhaps the best known example, Professor Bullard’s documentation of racially biased decision-making criteria in the siting of a nuclear waste processing facility in rural Louisiana was directly responsible for the federal government’s decision to deny a permit to the facility. — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 149

Categorization

• QUESTION: The causal claim ‘directly responsible’ is contestable — would be worth following the underlying record. The author asserts epistemic causality without documenting the decision.
• XREF: Links to Litigation-as-tool thread: here evidence (not litigation per se) won the fight, contrasting with later chapters’ court defeats over the intent standard. — connects to: The Executive Order drove the NRC’s first-ever permit denial over racial siting fairness — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 712; The 1997 NRC board overturned a uranium permit on Bullard’s discrimination statistics — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up: Environmental…, 366

Broader Connections

• The 1997 NRC board overturned a uranium permit on Bullard’s discrimination statistics #corroborates (0.95) — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 366