Question

Distinguish between acts of enviromental justice and enviromental injustice

Answer 1

Answer:

Environmental injustice is a concept for the way that some populations are disproportionality burdened and at risk due to bad environmental policies and practices.  Environmental justice is a movement that seeks to draw attention to such burdens and to rectify these social and political dilemmas.

Explanation:

Environmental justice is a social movement and concept concerned with the way that environmental benefits are distributed, and also the level of environmental burdens that fall on specific populations. It began to emerge as a concept among social justice advocates in the 1980s in the United States. Today the term environmental justice also refers to the study of environmental laws and environmental policy and how they politically benefit or burden specific populations.  An example of an environmental injustice is the West Grove community of Miami, Florida. This African American neighborhood was located near a trash incinerator that exposed the residents to toxic waste and noxious emissions for decades, increasing their risk for certain cancers.  Environmental justice advocates try to draw attention to problems like West Grove.