What is Environmental Justice?
Environmental Justice means ensuring that environmental burdens and benefits are equitably distributed across society and rectifying policy legacies that concentrate harms in more socially vulnerable communities. Environmental justice seeks to achieve equitable, inclusive decision-making processes and fair outcomes by protecting all people from environmental and health hazards, regardless of income, race, Tribal affiliation, national origin or disability.
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