Library: Environmental Justice: Intro

What is Environmental Justice?

In his Introduction to Environmental Justice, Jason Byrne has this definition:

Environmental justice is both a social movement and a research subject. Broadly defined, environmental justice means that all people—irrespective of race, ethnicity, class, gender, and physical ability—have the right to live in clean, healthy, and safe environments; to have equal access to safe and healthy workplaces, schools, and recreation areas; and to have access to safe and nutritious food and clean water.

Principles of Environmental Justice

Principles of Environmental Justice
Drafted and adopted by delegates to the First National People of Color Environmental Leadership Summit, held in Washington DC, 1991.

Background Info

Environmental Justice and Environmental Racism
Research starter by Thomas Clarkin, Salem Press Encyclopedia, 2018.
Environmental Justice
Overview by Robert Melchior Figueroa, Encyclopedia of Environmental Ethics and Philosophy, 2009.
The American Environmental Justice Movement
From the peer-reviewed Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy.
Timeline of the Environmental Justice Movement
From the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.