伴随着社会经济的发展,环境污染有愈演愈烈之势。传统的环境侵权赔偿制度由于其自身的局限性,已不能规制某些恶意的环境污染行为,因此,环境侵权的救济在传统民法理论的基础上需要有所突破。本文通过阐述惩罚性赔偿制度及其在我国环境侵权中适用的必要性和条件,论证了在我国环境侵权领域有必要适用惩罚性赔偿制度。 With the social and economic development, environmental pollution has intensified. Because of its own limitations, the traditional system of environmental tort compensation can no longer regulate some malicious environmental pollution. Therefore, the relief of environmental infringement needs a breakthrough based on the traditional theory of civil law. This article demonstrates the necessity of punitive damages system in the field of environmental infringement in our country by expounding the punitive damages system and its necessity and conditions applicable in environmental infringement in our country.