ABSTRACT
The term suggests an idealized goal, a hopeful outcome of political struggle to secure acknowledgment that injustices have occurred, responsible parties will apologize, and remedial action will occur to repair human and environmental harm. It is a catchall phrase deployed by those who study as well those who fight for transformative change. Environmental justice struggles seek to achieve fundamental alterations in the architecture of power by confronting that which is denied-life-threatening conditions that are the inequitable result of corruption and dysfunctional governance. In essence, environmental justice demands governance that, first and foremost, prioritizes an environmental humanity.
