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Definitive injustice

  • 14/09/2005

The us Environmental Protection Agency (epa) recently raised concerns by drafting a strategic plan on environmental justice that specifically cuts references to race, income, and some other crucial elements. Experts fear the new definition would not only push the environmental justice movement back by over a decade, but may effectively nullify the whole idea at the federal level.

epa proposes to define environmental justice as "the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people, regardless of race, colour, national origin, or income.' Critics believe the effects of the word

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