INTRODUCTION

摘要

Environmental Law is honored to present Volume 38, Issue 2, "Environmental Justice: Making it a Reality." This Issue focuses on environmental justice1 to help bring this important subject to the forefront of environmental law discourse. Our goal in publishing this special edition is to firmly establish that environmental justice is part of environmental law and to add our voice to the chorus that the traditional environmental law paradigm must expand and evolve to include increasingly creative solutions to the problems facing our communities and our world. In the spirit of the motto of the environmental justice movement-"We speak for ourselves"-this Issue seeks to provide a forum for scholars and activists to speak with the legal community. Additionally, we hope to encourage an increase in scholarship exploring legal tools to advance the public health and equality goals of the environmental justice movement.