Chapter 11 book Flashcards
(17 cards)
Environmental justice:
Calls to recognize and halt
More inclusive opportunities for those who are most
A vision of
Burdens imposed on working class and people of color comm. by environmentally harmful conditions
Affected to be heard
Environmentally healthy economically sustainable and culturally thriving comm.
Redefined environment to be
Where we love work play learn
Most famous successful advocacy campaigns
United farm workers strike
Environmental racism
Disproportionate burden placed on communities of color and marginalization of their voices
Disparate impact
Discrimination in form of disproportionate burdens
Economic blackmail
False choice presented between financial worth and environmental protection that reflects attention away from the fact that jobs can be provided while meeting basic health and environmental standards
First national people of color environmental leadership summit
Watershed moment
17 principles of environmental justice
Added that environmental justice also referred to inclusion of frontline comm. in the decisions that disproportionately affected their comm.
What ensured a voice in the EPAs policy making for environmental justice groups
National environmental justice advisory council (NEJAC)
Executive order 12898
Instructed federal agency to make achieving env. Justice part of its mission
indecorous voice: she or he is deemed as?
-often related to
inappropriate or unqualified for speaking in official forums
-prejudices
pollution or unsustainable practices treated by officials as: latent exigence: a situation marked by? but never? at some point in
urgency/now/future
environmental justice comm. often define selves as?
toxic tours:
highlight discourses of
sacrifice zones
non commercial expeditions into areas polluted by toxins contamination,social justice and need for cultural change
environmental privilege
example
exercise of economic, political, and cultural power that some groups enjoy which enables them exclusive access to coveted environmental ammenities
the greates brunt of climate change effects ?
those most affected often not
those most at risk
will be felt by poorest people
part of conversation about solutions
contribute the least to buildup of carbon dioxide
a.k.a cruel irony
some argue that slowing and reversing climate change will take more than just paris agreement…
will take basic restructuring of economy
energy poverty
lack of access to electrical power and ways in which disconnect perpetuates disparity
a revival of
civil disobedience
