Legislative defeat still elevated environmental justice in Washington

Evidence

Civil Rights Movement leaders now in positions of power have also lent assistance to the Environmental Justice Movement. For instance, in 1992, Representative John Lewis of Georgia, a prominent participant in the protests of the 1960s, introduced the Environmental Justice Act. Though the Act did not pass Congress, it raised environmental justice issues to a new stature in Washington. Lewis, in speaking about the bill, recognized that “the quest for environmental justice has helped to renew the civil rights movement” through its call for environmental protection as a “right of all, not a privilege for a few.” — Luke W. Cole and Sheila R. Foster, From the Ground Up, 131

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Environmental law survived the loss of presidential support through Congress, courts, and advocacy groups. — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 372; U.S. environmental law has survived every political assault and grown stronger after each — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 21

Broader Connections

• Environmental law survived the loss of presidential support through Congress, courts, and advocacy groups. #corroborates (0.80) — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 372
• U.S. environmental law has survived every political assault and grown stronger after each #qualifies (0.72) — Richard J. Lazarus, The Making of Environmental Law, 21