What is the Environmental Protection Agency? What are they doing to protect the environment, and are they actually protecting it? Many people have different beliefs on this subject. Some people think the EPA is not doing enough, and yet others think they just get in the way. By looking at both of these perspectives, I believe the EPA to not be a waste of space, or not to be doing enough. I think the EPA is just a little of track, and has their priorities out of whack. The first focal point to look at is that of the people who believe the EPA to not be doing enough. The official EPA website states “The EPA is an agency of the United States federal government whose mission is to protect human and environmental health” (EPA). Their job definition is to do what they can to protect the overall health of this world. Every year the EPA sets specific goals. These are very specific aspirations focused upon bringing about a safer, healthier, cleaner environment. Some of the goals for 2014 were: Clean Power Plan Proposal, New
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As humans, we can’t say “Our world is sick, here EPA you fix it.” God tells us in the Bible that he gave us the land to “work it and keep it” (Barker). The key focus being on keep it. We have not been good stewards of the land, and we cannot expect one agency to correct all of our mistakes. The EPA has done some worthy things, as well as some unscrupulous, but we cannot hold that against them. They are executing what they can, but are we? Are we leaving it all to the EPA, so we can blame them for what we do not do? Or, are we doing everything in our power to help make our world a better place? As Christians, the stewardship of our world should be important to us. We should make an effort to do what we can to integrate faith into the more “scientific facilities” of life, to stop judging and start acting, and to put God first and let everything else fall into
As humans, we can’t say “Our world is sick, here EPA you fix it.” God tells us in the Bible that he gave us the land to “work it and keep it” (Barker). The key focus being on keep it. We have not been good stewards of the land, and we cannot expect one agency to correct all of our mistakes. The EPA has done some worthy things, as well as some unscrupulous, but we cannot hold that against them. They are executing what they can, but are we? Are we leaving it all to the EPA, so we can blame them for what we do not do? Or, are we doing everything in our power to help make our world a better place? As Christians, the stewardship of our world should be important to us. We should make an effort to do what we can to integrate faith into the more “scientific facilities” of life, to stop judging and start acting, and to put God first and let everything else fall into