1) The fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and educational levels with respect to the development and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Fair treatment implies that no person or group of people should shoulder an unfair share of negative environmental, health and economic impacts resulting from environmental programs. 2) A 1994 Federal executive order (Executive Order 12898) that requires involvement of minority and low-income populations in the project planning process and analysis of the effects of federal programs, plans and actions to identify any disproportionately high and adverse impacts on racial minority and low-income populations.
the principle that environmental costs and benefits should not be distributed disproportionately with regard to race, ethnicity, income, or other social, economic or cultural characteristics; a required consideration in federally-funded projects
This term stems from a Presidential Executive Order to promote equity for disadvantaged communities and promote the inclusion of racial and ethnic populations and low-income communities in decision-making. Local and regional transportation agencies must ensure that services and benefits, as well as burdens, are fairly distributed to avoid discrimination.
All people regardless of race, culture and income level, have a right to a clean and healthy environment.
The belief that environmental resources are allocated unfairly on the basis of wealth and power, while the poorest people tend to suffer the most from environmental stress. Environmental Justice can be considered on a planetary scale, as with the argument that the poor countries of the global south are the victims of resource extraction from which they receive minimal benefit and suffer long-term degradation. On a local level, environmental injustice may occur, for instance, if sewage is dumped into a river that flows into an impoverished area.
redressing the situation whereby people with fewer choices (the poor and disadvantaged) often suffer most from pollution, jobs hazardous to health, resource depletion (e.g. the loss of trees and fishing stocks), and unequal access to resources such as water and energy
Executive Order 12898 created a requirement that all federal agencies identify and address, as appropriate, disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of their programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income populations. Environmental justice primarily affects closing and realigning installations in two ways: (1) during preparation of the EIS, when it may be discovered that proposed uses of the installation disproportionately affect certain populations; and (2) during the environmental cleanup process, when environmental contamination may have similarly disproportionate effects.
A federal policy that provides equitable outreach benefits to minorities and low-income populations and that any adverse environmental effects are not disproportionate to these historically underserved groups.
Executive Order 12898, Environmental Justice, requires that federal agencies identify and address, as appropriate, “disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority populations and low-income populations.†FEMA is required to consider the effects of its actions in the context of this policy order.
The fair treatment of people of all races and incomes with respect to development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Fair treatment implies that no person or group of people should shoulder a disproportionate share of negative environmental and economic impacts resulting from the execution of environmental programs.
(EJ) Environmental Justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
The fair treatment of people of all races, cultures, incomes, and educational levels with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Fair treatment implies that no population should be forced to shoulder a disproportionate share of the negative environmental impacts of pollution or environmental hazards due to a lack of political or economic strength.()
a concept that includes the identification and assessment of disproportionately high and adverse impacts of programs, policies, or activities on minority communities and low-income populations. Within the context of regional transportation planning, environmental justice considers the relative distribution of costs and benefits from transportation investment strategies and policies upon different segments of society.
A group of federal regulations requiring that the benefits and burdens of transportation projects affecting minority, low-income, elderly, and mobility-impaired residents are in proportion to those affecting other segments of the population.
Executive Order 12898 (February 11, 1994) mandates Federal agencies to identify and address disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental effects of its programs, policies, and activities on minority and low-income populations.
The belief that environmental decisions are made in such a way that the poorest people suffer the most from environmental problems, and the fight for a fairer distribution of environmental burdens.
Environmental justice Environmental justice (EJ) is a holistic effort to analyze and overcome the power structures that have traditionally thwarted environmental reforms. Environmental justice proponents generally view the environment as encompassing "where we live, work, and play" (and sometimes "pray" or go to school are added); thus, the movement seeks to redress inequitable distributions of environmental burdens (pollution, industrial facilities, crime, etc) and access to environmental goods (nutritious food, clean air & water, parks, recreation, health care, education, transportation, safe jobs, etc.). Self-determination and participation in decision-making are key components of environmental justice.