Environmental Justice

Environmental Justice, according to the Environmental Protection Agency, is the "fair treatment for people of all races, cultures, and incomes, regarding the development of environmental laws, regulations, and policies."

Interpretation? Because certain segments of society don't have the clout to defend themselves against environmental intrusion into their lives, EPA is going to try to ensure against unfair intrusion.

Need more specifics? Look at EPA's project list: Health, Cumulative Risk, Synergistic Effects, and Multiple Pathways; Geographic Information Systems; Outreach, Communications, and Partnerships; Economic Redevelopment; Contracts, Grants, and Labor; Federal Interagency Cooperation; Native American/Tribal Issues; Internal Training, Organization, and Program Implementation; Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA); Oil Pollution Act (OPA); Underground Storage Tanks; Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention; and Federal Facilities.

Environmental Justice Sites on the Web, South Central Oklahoma Environmental Justice Resource Center.
EPA Office of Environmental Justice
Region 3 Environmental Justice Information
Region 4 Environmental Justice Information
Region 5 Environmental Justice Information
Region 6 Environmental Justice Information
Region 8 Environmental Justice Information
Region 9 Environmental Justice Information
National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC)

Here are the links from Yahoo:

CCEJ's Links to Environmental Justice
Clark Atlanta University - Environmental Justice Resource Center
- seeks to assist, support, train, and educate people of color professionals and grassroots community leaders with the goal of facilitating their inclusion into the mainstream of environmental decision making. Environmental Equity: Broadening the Scope of Environmental Collections
Environmental Inequality - examines environmental inequalities in Santa Clara County, CA.
Environmental Justice Groups and Events - from the San Francisco Bay Area Progressive Directory.
Environmental Justice Information Page - information, cases, and reports on environmental justice. Environmental Justice: Native Americans and the Environment Links
Fighting Environmental Racism: A Selected Annotated Bibliography
Online NewsHour: Environmental Racism? - text and video documenting the case of a neighborhood suing and oil company that allegedly used the land that was later developed into their neighborhood as a dumping ground.
Thurgood Marshall School of Law - Environmental Justice Clinic - focuses on disenfranchised minority and low-income communities in Texas and neighboring states throughout the South, burdened by various environmental abuses.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Environmental Justice Program
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Office of Environmental Justice

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