Environmental Justice
Published on Mar 22, 2016
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE
- Environmental justice is the fair treatment and meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color or income with respect to the development, implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws regulations and policies.
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POPE FRANCIS
- I would therefore like us all to make the serious commitment to respect and care for creation, to pay attention to every person, to combat the culture of waste and throwing out so as to foster a culture of solidarity and encounter.
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ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
- Greenhouse gases are a major contributor to climate change.
- Power plants are the largest stationary source do carbon pollution in the United States.
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THE EPA
- On June 2nd, the EPA as directed by the president proposed the first national standards to reduce carbon pollution from currently operating power plants.
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THE U.S BISHOPS
- The U.S Bishop promote prudent action predicated on justice to address the growing impact of global climate change.
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CATHOLIC ACTIONS
- In a July 30 letter to the EPA and in testimony at an EPA public hearing, Archbishop Thomas Wenski and Bishop Richard Pates, Chairman of the Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, and former Chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace, expressed support for a national standard to reduce carbon pollution and offered moral principles to guide the EPA and states as they take steps to reduce carbon pollution.
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IN CORRESPONDENCE TO THE PRINCIPLES
- care for creation
- Promotion of the common good
- Respect for the human person
- A priority for those who are poor and vulnerable
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LONG WAY TO GO
- Multiple efforts are anticipated in Congress to block the EPA from developing and implementing carbon pollution standards, which the president has directed the EPA to finalize by June 2015. Options available to Congress include passing a Congressional Review Act, which would overturn the rule, or using the appropriations process to block the EPA from using funds to develop or implement the regulations.
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