What is environmental justice? Well while
looking more into this question it seems to me that there are many different
answers to this question. However, I strongly agreed with the definition that
was written by the EPA which states, “fair treatment means that no group of
people, including racial, ethnic, or socioeconomic groups should bear a
disproportionate share of the negative environmental consequences resulting
from industrial, municipal, and commercial operations, or the execution of
federal, state, local, and tribal programs and policies.” Ultimately, I thought
that the EPA’s definition did a great job incorporating the many different means
behind the phrase environmental justice.
In
other words, with environmental justice having quite a few meanings behind it
has different missions with many advocates following the different movements.
For instance, along with the phrase environmental justice came the phrase
environmental racism. An example of environmental racism has been happening
within the United States of America with poor mainly African American communities
being around many toxic waste sites.
Good reflections and summary of EJ.
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