POL250Y5 Lecture Notes - Environmental Justice, Water Pollution, Whooping Crane
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Endorsed a carbon budget an upper limit on amount of co2 that can be emitted from industrial activities and forest destruction. Only about 1 trillion tons of carbon can be burned. Just over half that amount has already been emitted (at current rates of energy consumption the trillionth ton will be released around 2040) More than 3 trillion tons of carbon are still left in the ground as fossil fuels. Type of social justice concerned with equity and fairness in environmental management. Official definition: the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color, national origin, or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Social inequity waste facilities/industries are located in low-income and/or racial minority areas. Spatial inequity waste facilities/industry are located in communities without ties to the production or benefit of the industry.
