Lecture 8 Flashcards
What is meant by “fair treatment” in the definition of environmental justice?
That no group of people should bear a disproportionate burden of environmental harms and risks, including those resulting from the negative environmental consequences of industrial, governmental, and commercial operations or programs and policies.
What is the definition of environmental justice?
The fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies.
What is meant by “meaningful involvement” in the environmental justice definition?
- Opportunity for affected communities to participate in decisions about activities that may affect their environment and/or health;
- Public’s contribution can influence the regulatory agency’s decision;
- Community concerns will be considered in the decision-making process;
- Decision makers will seek out and facilitate the involvement of those potentially affected.
What is red lining?
Discriminatory practice where the federal Home Owners’ Loan Corporation, in trying to revive the housing market in the 1930s in the wake of the Great Depression, grade and mapped how risky neighborhoods were for real estate investment.
Also is an example of environmental racism. Studies show that neighborhoods with higher temperatures are the same areas that were subject to the racist practice of redlining, in which banks and insurance companies systematically refused or limited loans, mortgages, or insurance to communities of color.
What neighborhoods were redlined?
Neighborhoods comprised of largely low-income, immigrant, or Black residents were deemed “hazardous” or “definitely declining” and mapped in red (i.e. redlined), while whiter and wealthier communities were considered “best” or “still desirable.”
What environmental health issues are previously redlined communities afflicted with?
Historically redlined neighborhoods have worse air quality, a lack of greenspace, and higher heat island risks, as well as elevated rates of cardiovascular disease, asthma hospitalizations, poor birth outcomes, and other diseases.
What is environmental racism?
Any policy, practice, or directive that differentially affects or disadvantages (intended or unintended) individuals, groups, or communities based on race or color.
Includes exclusionary and restrictive practices that limit participation by POC in decision-making boards, commissions, and regulatory bodies.
What is the most significant predictor of a person living near contaminated air, water, or soil?
race
What % of the population near toxic waste sites are POC?
What is environmental injustice?
Disproportionate exposure of communities of color and the poor to pollution, and its concomitant effects on health and environment, as well as the unequal environmental protection and environmental quality provided through laws, regulations, governmental programs, enforcement, and policies.
Who is the father of environmental justice?
What’s the environmental justice executive order that was signed by President Clinton in 1994?
Describe Bean vs. Southwestern Waste Management Corp. (1978).
Describe the PCB Dump Site in Warren County, NC in 1982.
How are children exposed to lead?
What’s the link between Freddie Gray and environmental justice?
Why would communities of color/low-income have higher mortality?
What are some types of workplace hazards in a salon setting?
