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Environmental Justice, Political Agenda Setting, and the Myths of History

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 October 2011

Martin V. Melosi
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University of Houston

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The emergence of the environmental justice movement in the 1980s has stimulated much debate on the extent to which race and class have been or should become central concerns of modern environmentalism. Leaders in the environmental justice movement have charged that mainstream environmental organizations and, in turn, environmental policy have demonstrated a greater concern for preserving wilderness and animal habitats than addressing health hazards of humans, especially those living in cities; have embraced a “Save the Earth” perspective at the expense of saving people's lives and protecting their homes and backyards. Some advocates of environmental justice have gone so far as to dissociate their movement from American environmentalism altogether, rather identifying with a broader social justice heritage as imbedded in civil rights activities of the 1950s and 1960s.

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1. The Internet lists a wide array of environmental justice groups. See the Ecojustice Network on EcoNet, www.igc.apc.org/envjustice. See also the Center for Health, Environment and Justice, www.essential.org/cchw/cchwinf.html; Environmental Justice Resource Center, www.ejrc.cau.edu; and Environmental Justice Links, www-personal.umich.edu/~jrajzer/nre/links.html.

2. “Environmental racism” is an extension of traditional racism, can be intentional or unintentional, and suggests discrimination in environmental policymaking, enforcement of laws, and in targeting certain communities for toxic-waste disposal sites and polluting indus-tries.

3. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines environmental justice as the “fair treatment for people of all races, cultures, and incomes, regarding the development of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.” See “About Environmental Justice” on the Internet at www.epa.gov/swerosps/ej/aboutej.htm. See also definitions discussed in a course offered at the School of Natural Resources, University of Michigan on the Internet, www.personal.umich.edu/~jtaj2er/nre/defintions.html; Bryant, Bunyan, ed., Environmental Justice: Issues, Policies, and Solutions (Washington, D.C., 1995), 56.Google Scholar

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