一、引言我国2009年12月26日通过的《侵权责任法》第66条规定:“因污染环境发生纠纷,污染者应当就法律规定的不承担责任或者减轻责任的情形及其行为与损害之间不存在因果关系承担举证责任。”就该条规定的有关环境污染纠纷中因果关系的认定问题,我国学者存在两种不同的理解:绝大多数学者尤其是民法学者主张其为因果关 I. INTRODUCTION Article 66 of the Tort Liability Act passed by China on December 26, 2009 stipulates: “Disputes arising from the pollution of the environment shall cause polluters to impose any liability or loss on their behalf under the law and their acts and damages There is no causal relationship between the burden of proof. ”" In terms of the provisions of the article on the causal relationship between environmental pollution problems identified, there are two different understanding of Chinese scholars: the vast majority of scholars, especially civil law scholars advocate causation