National Environmental Policy Act

The Environmental Policy of the United States helps regulate activities that have an impact on our environment by federal government action. This policy helps protect the habitat for future generations and does not interfere with the liberty of the people. President elect Trump should deem this an important public policy to tackle in his upcoming term in office. Republicans typically do not take on environmental policies and put them into action, but I am hopeful he will see the good this can…

Addressing the negative externalities of mining: policy recommendations. In the words of Joseph Stiglitz, “corporations are in the business of making money, not providing charity.” Since corporations are in business to maximize profit, they hold themselves accountable to their stockholders rather than to the stakeholders where such businesses are located. The desire to minimize cost while maximizing profit weakens the implementation of the Corporate Social Responsibility. The Corporate Social…

board, I became very interested in conducting more research on the environmental damages currently taking place in our society as a result of “environmental racism”. One thing I found out was the level at which underdeveloped countries were being treated as a dumping ground for chemical waste in the world today. Environmental racism, which constitutes uneven exposure to hazards and the methodical exclusion of society from environmental and ethical assessment pose a serious threat to poor…

Trade tends to shift the incidence of environmental effects. Trade geographically separates production from consumption. When environmental effects are national and not cross-border in their incidence and instead are mainly associated with production, trade may shift the environmental effects around the globe. In addition, where consumption produces waste that has become an important part of the ecological cycle (Example: When the nutrients are returned to the farmer’s fields in other words when…

Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) Policy Analysis In the paper that follows I will analyze the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program, specifically working to break down the success of the program based on the history and how much the program has changed. This includes the source of financing for the programs and how that impacts its effectiveness; the laws that directly relate to the VISTA program; the achievements of the programs since its inception; the measurements of…

increasing environmental problems and resource shortage problems, considerable amount of public attention is being attracted to the achievement of sustainable development. According to Wikipedia , “ sustainable development is the Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of 2014). M. Hasna states that sustainability is a function of social, economic, technological and ecological themes（M.…

Madame speaker, The Federal government should have specific powers under the Australian constitution to legislate for the environment. This is necessary to achieve environmental protection whilst improving the environmental performance. The evolution of environmental laws has corresponded with refining of the collective environmental concerns and values. Previously in the past, the way the law has protected the environment was completely evident. The law was being able to use in many ways to…

enhancing the environmental quality, improvement of national and personal financial savings, controlling the depletion of energy resources. Energy conservation can help in replacement of non renewable energy resources to renewable energy resources. There is a need for the coming generation to lay more emphasis on renewable energy resources as it does not…

demonstrate a practical way in keeping the environment healthy and clean. People who accompany in this practice of recycling can change the outlook by encouraging others and future generations in saving the earth. In other countries, there are methods and policies in maintaining an orderly fashion to promote a sustainable community. While U.S residents are already familiar with recycling programs in the local regions, other countries’ recycling methods will be approached to better understand…

million gallons of oil into the Prince William Sound in Alaska, loss of wildlife, and new environmental policies. The aim of this investigation is to identify the environmental policies that developed as a result of the oil spill, analyze why and if these policies were enacted, and search for evidence to either affirm or refute whether the oil spill made an impact on the development of environmental policies. Evidence and information will be pulled from various books, such as The Exxon Valdez…