我国环境公益诉讼的理论研究着重于对环境公共利益的探讨,但对环境公益诉讼可能涉及的原告利益问题则关注甚少,由此引发了一定范围的理论争议。实际上,在环境公益诉讼中存在着原告利益、被告利益和环境公共利益之间的竞争和一致。多种类型的原告利益在环境公益诉讼中是广泛存在的。保障原告利益能够有效促进环境公益诉讼的常态运行。对环境公益诉讼中原告利益的审视和总结有助于我们从不同角度探究环境公益诉讼的实质,对环境公益诉讼的理论建设具有立法论和解释论层面的双重价值。 The theoretical research on environmental public interest litigation in our country focuses on the discussion of environmental public interest, but it pays little attention to the interests of the plaintiff which may be involved in environmental public interest litigation. As a result, a certain range of theoretical controversy has been triggered. In fact, there is the competition and agreement between plaintiff benefits, defendant benefits and environmental public interests in environmental public interest litigation. Various types of plaintiff benefits are widespread in environmental public interest litigation. Safeguarding the interests of plaintiffs can effectively promote the normal operation of environmental public interest litigation. Examining and summarizing the interests of plaintiffs in environmental public interest litigation helps us to explore the essence of environmental public interest litigation from different perspectives and has the dual value of legislative theory and interpretation theory in the theoretical construction of environmental public interest litigation.