Polluter-industrial complex
Environmental Justice Movement
Environmental Inequality Formation Model
UCC Commission for Racial Justice
resources become distributed unevenly
Warren County, North Carolina
opportunities, access to opportunities, and relevant societal context
addressing the needs of minority groups to be better heard/seen
equitable distribution of social goods across the population
favors economic growth over environmental improvements
is the political assault on environmental regulations spearheaded by corporate polluters
allows cooperations to disregard environmental regulations
unethical treatment in wages, working conditions, and disregard of environmental hazards
because products are cheaper when they are produced in other countries with less environmental regulations, waste is often dumped in other countries
different stakeholders struggle for access to scarce resources
Environmental inequalities
the places where people live, work, and play instead of the the "traditional" understanding of nature and the outdoors
people in their right to self-determination