DEPAUL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF LAW, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, USA.
J Law Med Ethics. 2024;52(1):196-204. doi: 10.1017/jme.2024.64. Epub 2024 May 31.
This Paper argues that to protect at-risk communities - and all Americans - from the deadly effects of environmental racism, Congress must pass the Environmental Justice for All Act. The Act is intended to "restore, reaffirm, and reconcile environmental justice and civil rights." It does so by restoring an individual's right to sue in federal court for discrimination based on race, ethnicity, or national origin regardless of intent under the Civil Rights Act of 1964, strengthening the National Environmental Policy Act, and providing economic incentives focused on environmental justice.
本文认为，为了保护处于危险中的社区——以及所有美国人——免受环境种族主义的致命影响，国会必须通过《所有人的环境正义法案》。该法案旨在“恢复、重申和协调环境正义和公民权利”。它通过恢复个人在联邦法院提起诉讼的权利，以根据 1964 年《民权法案》因种族、族裔或国籍而受到歧视，无论其意图如何，从而加强《国家环境政策法案》，并提供以环境正义为重点的经济激励措施。
