What is environmental equity? Equal protection from environmental hazards for individuals, groups, or communities regardless of race, ethnicity, or economic status. This applies to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
A disproportionate share of negative environmental impacts of pollution or environmental hazard due to a lack of political or economic strength levels.
"Environmental racism is a process by which communities of color are intentially and systematically targeted for ecological hazardous industrial facilities, toxic waste sites and all kinds of facilities, that cause harm to the health to it’s local residents as well as the sorrounding environment. This process is also called selective vicitmization."[1]
A disproportionate share of negative environmental impacts of pollution or environmental hazard due to a lack of political or economic strength levels.
"Environmental racism is a process by which communities of color are intentially and systematically targeted for ecological hazardous industrial facilities, toxic waste sites and all kinds of facilities, that cause harm to the health to it’s local residents as well as the sorrounding environment. This process is also called selective vicitmization."[1]
"Environmental decision making often mirrors the power arrangements of the dominant society and it’s institutions. It disadvantages people of colour while providing advantages or privileges for corporations and individuals in the upper echelons of society."[2]
Sources:
[1] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7DUv7AGAco (Professor Danny Faber from the Northeastern Environmental Justice Research Collaborative in Boston defines environmental racism)
[2] http://www.unrisd.org/unrisd/website/document.nsf/0/543B2B250E64745280256B6D005788F7?OpenDocument
(Author(s): Robert Bullard Programme Area: Identities, Conflict and Cohesion Project Title: Racism and Public Policy)
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