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Hillary Clinton's Views On The Environment

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In today’s world, the majority of people overlook the needs of our environment, and in doing so, they put both themselves and Earth at risk by laying waste to the environment. Companies exploit Earth to make money, and humans trash it out of laziness or ignorance. If people continue this trend of abusing our environment, the problems will only increase. Oftentimes, when people litter or do anything to harm our environment, they don’t think of the consequences it may have, but it adds up when you change your perspective and look at everyone who does this. At some point, you have to stop relying on industrial companies and humans to do the right thing out of their own volition, and this is when the government comes in. It is up to …show more content…

Hillary feels that the U. S. needs to combat the climate change by enforcing the laws that have been implemented and by taking advantage of the Paris Agreement that brought many nations of the world to come together to take on global warming. She also sees the need for more clean energy jobs. Also, as the western part of the U. S. has had bad droughts, particularly California in a state of a severe drought, Clinton wants to “establish a Western Water Partnership to coordinate water use among agencies and states in the Western US, and a Water Innovation Lab to use and reuse the resource more efficiently” (Harrington). From this, you can tell that Hillary cares for the well-being of the citizens and the Earth. Furthermore, Clinton also advocates for a conservation of biodiversity, feeling that it’s essential to maintain our quality of life. Clinton wants to use the EPA effectively and fight against Trump so that the U. S. can preserve the environment and so that our posterity may live in a safe …show more content…

Johnson, like Hillary, advocates for the conservation of the environment. Johnson believes that government should protect many areas such as national parks and wants to use the EPA effectively to keep Earth and people safe. Like Clinton, Johnson thinks that the climate change is caused by humans. Different from Clinton though, Johnson doesn’t think that the government should do anything about this climate change because he says that global warming is in our future, meaning that the sun will eventually kill us all. Moreover, Johnson’s views on the environment include that “there is no compromise when it comes to clean air, clean land, or clean water. [he doesn’t] believe in the cap-and-trade legislation. [he doesn’t] believe that taxing carbon emissions is the way to go forward. [he doesn’t] believe in, overnight, increasing the cost of energy by what [he’s] heard would be up to 25%” (Gary Johnson on Environment). Johnson feels that the government shouldn’t use money and get involved with environmental affairs because he thinks that they’ll just end up spending a lot of money with no effect on the desired outcome. Johnson’s views have often varied and can create confusion among his peers. When asked whether he had a comprehensive plan involving his environmental views, he admitted that he, in fact, did

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