More information on the Open Book is available. Copyright 1998, the Brookings Institution Press. Minority groups need to be better incorporated into the decision- making process. Perhaps the most serious limitation of community involvement efforts is that they are almost entirely consultative, not authoritative, in nature. Business firms covet good public relations and new investment opportuni- ties.
Government officials are anxious to make programs both more accessible and less threatening.
Passion and Compassion Powerful but diffuse local passions are both a crucial resource and a critical challenge for the environmental justice movement. First, it is important to comprehend the raw emotion associated with environ- mental justice. An alarming widespread elevated blood lead level in our children is robbing them of their future. . . I did not come here to tell you about the scientific data. I didn't come here to tell you about causation or risk assessment, factors, and so forth.