Activity 5.1- Introduction to Environmental Justice
Environmental Justice: the consideration and fair treatment of all people, regardless of race, color, nationality, or income, concerning any environmental policies/implementations (EPA, n.d.). No one group of people will suffer more environmental burdens than another because everyone will have equal environmental protection under the law (USDE, n.d.). Equal environmental benefits and burdens (Birritteri, 2021). Environmental Racism: the unequal distribution of environmental hazards, caused by industrial (oil, coal, gas mining), or agricultural activities, on a group of people due to discrimination. This usually refers to people of color (African/Indigenous), but encompasses any group of people treated unfairly in the environmental law-making process (Seven, 2022). Artwork depicting the segregation of Chicago (Howell, 2020). Environmental Equity: the equal protection to all groups of people from any environmental hazards/disasters as a result from laws and polic...