Environmental justice seeks to ensure that no community bears disproportionate environmental burdens or lacks access to environmental benefits, regardless of race, income, or other factors.
Environmental justice connects environmental protection to civil rights. When pollution disproportionately harms communities of color or low-income neighborhoods, it's not just an environmental problem—it's discrimination. The Biden administration made environmental justice a federal priority, directing agencies to address disparities.
People often think environmental justice only applies to pollution. It covers access too—does your neighborhood have parks, clean water, and healthy food, or just highways and industrial sites? Environmental justice asks whether environmental benefits and burdens are distributed fairly.
Environmental justice connects environmental protection to civil rights. When pollution disproportionately harms communities of color or low-income neighborhoods, it's not just an environmental problem—it's discrimination. The Biden administration made environmental justice a federal priority, directing agencies to address disparities.
People often think environmental justice only applies to pollution. It covers access too—does your neighborhood have parks, clean water, and healthy food, or just highways and industrial sites? Environmental justice asks whether environmental benefits and burdens are distributed fairly.