"An area branch of the NAACP has joined the fight to keep Chemours and its predecessor company DuPont from shielding thousands of pages of documents from the public eye.
The Southern Coalition for Social Justice on Tuesday filed a motion on behalf of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People New Hanover County Branch objecting to the chemical manufacturers’ attempt to keep the documents under court seal.
“The people of New Hanover County have been kept in the dark for too long,” NAACP New Hanover County Branch President LeRon T. Montgomery said in a release. “We have a right to know what dangers have been allowed into our water and our lives. Our fight is about protecting our community’s health today and for generations to come, and that starts with transparency.” The motion comes on the heels of one filed earlier this month by the Southern Environmental Law Center, which is also seeking to intervene in the case brought against Chemours and DuPont as those companies aim to keep documents under seal. That motion has was filed on behalf of Cape Fear River Watch, the North Carolina Coastal Federation, which publishes Coastal Review, and the Environmental Justice Community Action Network."
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