Environmental Justice

Definition of Environmental Justice Hierarchical Category as it relates to Environment

The field of study and action that addresses the fair treatment, meaningful involvement, and protection of all people with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies, ensuring that no group or community bears an excessive share of the negative environmental consequences resulting from industrial, agricultural, and commercial operations or from the execution of federal, state, and local policies and programs.

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