Economics 1021A/B Study Guide - Quiz Guide: Environmental Justice, Bakken Pipeline, Ecological Debt

• School: Western University
• Department: Economics
• Course: Economics 1021A/B
• Professor: bruce hammond

Document Summary

Mlk first african american mobilisation including concern for environmental justice: environmental racism, environment as part of the civil rights struggle. Environmental justice institutionalised in 1990s: becomes a legally operational concept. Env protection have improved, but env justice still needs a lot of work, especially for such a rich country as america. Ej terminology emerged later in europe, 1990s: doesn"t meant the context didn"t exist beforehand. Us vs eu: us focuses on natural rights of individuals and removal of impediments to exercising those rights; focus on race. In eu the tradition is to correct social problems that cause inequalities; focus on class and income: environmental racism is also a thing obviously e. g. roma communities. Geographic north peripheries = global south (history, exploitation, colonial world similar experiences) Environment justice atlas online database from around the world: addresses different issues, european union funded research. Is it actually good: not with our population.