摘要：In light of multiple signifcant incidents in its contemporary history, the American environmental movement (EM) seems to be at a crossroads as the national cousen- sus on this movement- forged during the 1970s- starts to crack under the strain of rising challenges. Communities most adversely affected by environmental haz- ards- -usully referred to as communities of color and labor- now seem to be es- tranged from and ignored by a mostly ecocentric movement they can hardly identify with. Against such a backdrop,I examine the emergence of new dissenting 'anthro- pocentric' voices within the American EM- most notably the Environmental Jus- tice Movement (EJM)- and discuss the muliple facets of the anthropocentic-eco- centric divide and its bearing on the evolution of the movement. I will further ana- lyze whether the emeging sustainabilty discourse will be able to contain this ideo- logical divide and offer a reconciliation framework for a harmonization of these movements' objectives, policies, and modes of activism.
