EPA Regulation

-The EPA is all about helping and protecting nature and our selves, they have passed many laws to keep us safe. Some of these laws include: C.A.A., or the Clean Air Act. This is a Federal law they passed to make sure we’re not releasing too much emission into the air, or releasing really bad things. Another law they have passed is the C.W.A., or Clean Water Act, this is also a Federal law, it protects our water systems from getting infested with pollution and toxic chemicals, without this we could lose our fishing

The political climate at this time, and remains, turbulent. Donald Trump was elected president of the United States, and his campaign was built upon making America great again. The long and short of this idea is that 20th century industry was suffering in our 21st century world, and Trump would deregulate the government and promote industry. One of Trump’s most pivotal decisions, despite growing international movements to prioritize climate change, was to select Scott Pruitt as the 14th administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. The timing of “Scott Pruitt And The Environment” was likely to diffuse any center-right concerns that the current administration was marching towards far-right ideologies; in other words, Epstein sought to console Hoover Institute readership.

Now, we have President Trump, who wants to put a known coal lobbyist, Andrew Wheeler, into an executive position at the EPA. Even though, he signed an executive order to limit lobbying influence in government and “drain the swamp”, but puts people in power who favor energy industries and want to sacrifice environmental regulations (Chow, 2017). Wheeler has worked in government before, as an EPA staffer and a Republican staff member, and worked on every major piece of environmental and energy-related legislation over the last decade. If Wheeler and others like him are put into these executive positions, they will use their power to regulate policies, so it will look more favorably at reducing environmental regulations, and supporting energy

The major responsibilities of the EPA allow the government to maintain a healthier environment when instituting new laws and regulations. In order to be knowledgeable on what the EPA's responsibilities are, there must be an understanding of what exactly the EPA participates in. "The agency consolidates federal research, monitoring and enforcement activities... [and their] mission is to protect human health by safeguarding the air we breathe, water we drink and land on which we live," (EPA, 2017). In other words, the EPA's main responsibility is to guard all aspects of human life by the protection of the environment; they enforce regulations that improve the

In the 1970’s there was growing confusion regarding environmental policy due to certain states creating environmental protection laws which were largely ineffective. To ease confusion, fix national guidelines, and monitor and enforce them President Richard Nixon created the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The EPA functions under three federal departments: the Interior, Agriculture, and Health, Education and Welfare departments. The original role of the EPA was to administrate the Clean Air Act which was enacted to reduce the air pollution caused by vehicles and industry. The EPA has since grown to enforce at least 12 major statutes such as: ocean dumping laws, safe drinking water, insecticides, and asbestos hazards in

In the United States, These past few years have been rocky with the Environmental Protection Agency otherwise known as the EPA. The “rockiness” stems from multiple factors, particularly surrounding around President Donald Trump’s bias towards business over the protection of the environment.

In reference to your opening paragraph, the author of the textbook, The Environmental Policy Paradox, wrote that the problems policy makers and environmentalists face are economic and political. And this is also similar to what have discussed in class so far in regards to environmental regulations. Now you made a strong argument that “If American business is the engine of growth that our politicians make it out to be, why can't we find new ways to do things that save money, cut pollution, and make our companies more competitive,” this question can spark a heated debate that might probably have no end, most especially when you have a country that is governed by, technically, two- party system (Republicans and Democrats). Saying that many Republicans

Sustainability is the foundation upon which resilient and adaptive design was built. It “is based on a simple and long-recognized factual premise: Everything that humans require for their survival and well-being depends, directly or indirectly, on the natural environment” (Sustainability and the US EPA). Concern for the environment grew in the 1960’s, and after the creation of the EPA in 1970 the term sustainability came into use. “Sustainable development emerged as a result of significant concerns about the unintended social, environmental, and economic consequences of rapid population growth, economic growth, and consumption of natural resources.” (Sustainability and the US EPA). In the U.S., the history of sustainability is rooted in American

If we cut off environmental regulations then this will also give the U.S. to have cheaper things and create new jobs for the environment and this is good because many Americans aren’t employed. The U.S. will have a better position in most thing and most importantly the health of the economy. The U.S. will also be able to control its environment and economy with no restrictive international environmental agreements. International organizations can work on themselves and make the best in their economy. The U.S. doesn’t have to support any environmental issues that might cause danger to its

The policies and rules made by these authorities has bad effects on our natural resources such as the use of pesticides, pollution, deforestation and recycling. These rules do not just appear, they are made because people and organizations argue for it but it is our duty as citizens to fight and change these rules in order to the Earth. It is in our hands if anything can be

The environmental regulation is considered the most severe of governmental regulation of a business because of the costs involved for its rigid compliance. The penalties are strict because the government requires that businesses

As an EPA enforcement specialist, I would use the command-and-control policy approach to enforce and threaten punishments for violators of the new policy regulating the toxic by-product created during the manufacture of Bedbug Goo. The enforcements would be done in the form of fines and penalties. I would then also try to implement economic incentives that would hopefully help to increase the number of manufacturers willing to conform to the new policy guidelines. I would try to do this this through tax breaks or subsidies for those that follow and submit to the policy’s regulations. A further idea would be to try using an incentive of an emissions trading program where the government would set the overall total amount of pollution it would

Like many of us the letters EPA spark interest and a sense of security. For those of us who do not know what or who it stands for it is the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This agency continues to clear up what is fact or fallacies. For example, most Americans believe Bottled water to be pure and safe. There are some chemicals in the battled water as well as tap water. According to Cynthia Dougherty the director of EPA, “The EPA is stating that the United States has one of the safest water supplies in the world and that we have a very, very high assurance of safe, high-quality drinking water (Lunsford 717). It’s with her statement about how safe regular tap water is due to the use of similar-chemicals found in bottled water. However, we find within her comments regarding tap water, not all being 100% safe in some cases such as on Indian Reservations or in a few cities were the EPA regulations may not be in compliance.

Regulations are meant to protect the environmental and consumers. They take the form of permits, package, etc

Economic development will damage the environment more or less, so the choice between the economic development and environmental protection has always been a difficult social problem that challenges many developing countries. China has been suffering by its air pollution for years because people burn too much fossil fuels with few regulations before it become a serious social problem for the whole country. United States as the top of developed countries is also not an exception. Burning coal to produce electricity has been an important economic source for Rust Belt and Appalachian states. However, coal is not only polluted the local, but also the pollutants blow via the wind to the downwind states. People who live in the downwind states are suffering the air pollution. Year 2014 was a big year for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) because United States Supreme Court ruled to maintain the power of the EPA to regulate the pollutants including carbon dioxide, discharge from the power plants and even crossing the states lines. It was a good news for people who live in downwind states. Many people considered that it was a huge victory for Obama administration and EPA. The judgement of Supreme Court is completely reasonable. The case will be analysis in an ethical way. I believe that government as a social manager should have authority through EPA to regulate the pollution for public health.