Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2024
Abstract
In recent years, we have seen a signiicant volume of federal and state environmental justice policy with attorneys general developing enforcement plans focused on environmental justice. Environmental and conservation agencies have adopted limited English proiciency (LEP) plans to ensure that LEP individuals are not let out of decision-making processes. And, in some states, there are environmental justice laws on the books that impact public hearings, siting, and permitting. Many of these recent policies require the government to consider race directly or indirectly when making decisions. In light of recent jurisprudence on the legality of race-conscious state action—particularly the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent opinion striking down race-conscious university admissions policies—are these environmental justice policies safe? Can we remedy decades of environmental racism without accounting for race? he tried-and-true lawyer’s answer is: It depends.
Recommended Citation
Salim, Oday. "Are Race-Based Environmental Justice Policies Safe?" Human Rights 50, no. 1-2 (2024): 40-41.
Comments
(2024), Published in Human Rights, Vol. 50, No. 1-2, 2024, by the American Bar Association. Reproduced with permission. All rights reserved. This information or any portion thereof may not be copied or disseminated in any form or by any means or downloaded or stored in an electronic database or retrieval system without the express written consent of the American Bar Association.