HL.a.3—Environmental justice and lobbying

Connect environmental justice to lobbying.

Environmental justice asks who receives environmental benefits and who bears harms; lobbying can strengthen or weaken a proposed rule.

Residents facing refinery pollution may lobby for a standard, while the operator lobbies for a longer compliance timetable.

A fair analysis names affected groups, decision power and distribution of costs.

Key idea: Connect environmental justice to lobbying.

A legal process can be formally equal while outcomes remain unequal.