Question

Describe environmental justice in detail ​

Answer 1

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Environmental justice is a social movement seeking to achieve the fair and equitable distribution of environmental benefits and burdens associated with economic production. The environmental justice movement began in the United States in the 1980s and was heavily influenced by the American civil rights movement. It has generated a large interdisciplinary body of social science literature that includes theories of the environment and justice, environmental laws and their implementations, environmental policy, sustainability, and political ecology.[1][

Answer 2

environmental justice, social movement seeking to address the inequitable distribution of environmental hazards among the poor and minorities. ... The environmental justice movement grew to combine traditional environmentalism with the conviction that all individuals have the right to live in a safe environment.