Our world is quickly changing and moving to the future. I don’t think people realize the real consequences and consider the major effects we as a nation have on the future of our well being. We must enforce policies for protecting our environment to move to the future with cleaner and more eco friendly methods.
Many people claim that major corporations environmental regulations are not enforced enough. But what most people don't know is that a large number of these companies get a pass on most major environmental laws. According to Dusty Horwitt, a senior analyst for the Environmental Working Group, an environmental organization, “Unlike most other industries, oil and gas drillers enjoy waivers under the Safe Drinking Water Act, Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, Superfund, the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and the National Environmental Policy Act” (Horwitt). With all these loopholes for major corporations to get through, we need stronger laws to encourage companies to reduce the amount of pollution they produce and help them to safely dispose of all of it.
George W. Bush, the 43rd president of the United States Suggested a cap and trade system, which would force companies to cut their pollution by allowing corporations to trade emission allowances under an overall cap. This shows how providing a market incentive encourages companies to limit their amount of pollution for their own greatest gain.
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