Our Waste Of The Free And The Home At The Brave Where We 're Run By Frank Kaler

The original cause of this problem was the poorly thought out regulations set by the EPA. One of the main reasons people have such skepticism about government agencies like the EPA are broad, poorly thought out ideas like the post-flood dam regulations. As you can see in figure 2 there would have to be a flood of biblical proportions for the dam to break. This is not only the EPA’s fault, however. The EPA is simply understaffed and cannot individually assess to the best of their ability what would work best on an individual basis. So they create these broad all-encompassing regulations that may only be well crafted for larger bodies of

In order to have a thriving and healthy society a clean water supply is a very simple but necessary resource. Dating back to the beginning of civilizations the need for clean water was an essential need. The Clean Water Act dates to Franklin D Roosevelt’s administration. In 1972 Congress amended and passed what is now known as the Clean Water Act to protect our precious resource of water. The clean water Act prevented the dumping of pollutants into navigable waters without a permit. Many municipalities and commercial entities had previously dumped sewage and unregulated waste in to our rivers and streams contaminating a great percentage of our drinking water. This wreck less contamination of our waterways not only affected humans but also affected our wildlife including fish and animal’s life that depended on these waters. Any municipality or company that could affect our waters would need to apply for a permit to do so. While the Clean Water Act was a landmark legislation that was supported by both Democrats and Republicans alike over the years has seen expansion of the EPA’s interpretation of the law and has created a controversy in Administrative Law that has many challenges up to the Unites States Supreme Court. (Television, n.d.)

Moving on, there are some issues with the legislation that has been passed in order to conserve the water, especially concerning the Clean Water Act. People are having opposition with the rules of the Clean Water Act. Small business owners feel that this act is restricting the way that they tend to their property. For example, several farmers use pesticides, herbicides, and other fertilizers to keep harmful insects and other animals off of their crops, so they can grow properly. These pesticides eventually end up in our local rivers, lakes, and oceans which are making humans and animals very ill. However, they make money by the crops they sell, and to them, the Clean Water Act has a very negative economic impact on them (Landers). Although

In Home of the Free, Wendell Berry, the author takes issue with the way people go through life wanting work and lifestyles to be easier without thinking of the consequence of what it takes to live life “free”. They have the modern day conveniences to help them from getting their hands dirty or having to do anything that someone else can do for them. Berry implies the only way to avoid doing work that might get their hands dirty or feel unsafe doing or, is that they would have to be put into a protective capsule or that person would have to die.

America is a great nation. This is the result of our civil liberties, our rights. Without these rights we would not be America. While the truth of how we act has not always held up to it our ideal is the land of the free and the home of the brave. Now there are those who wish to change that, people in the media who are promoting fear, who would like us to believe that we cannot be secure and have our civil liberties remain as they are. They seem to want America to be the land of the secure and the home of the afraid.

I just got done with reading "A Canadian Threat to Alaskan Fishing" by Brendan Jones I hate what is happening to our rivers and water ways that these dangerous mining practices that leach chemicals and heavy metals into the water. This has been going on for years. But the worst part is that there is an agency called the International Joint Commission that there whole duty is to protect American and Canadian water ways from becoming pollution from each other country. We have a clear and present danger that is affecting the Stikine, Unuk and Jaku rivers and people that can stop it haven't. This is just another example in how big corporations can buy influence to persuade governments and when there are regulations put in place they don't realy

My only hope is that we can stop this polluting of our waters before it is too late. It is only a matter of time before these pollutants start affecting the food that we fish out of these waters and put into our bodies. Who is to say that a contaminated fish would not in turn make the person that eats that fish sick as well. It is already fact that 40% of America’s rivers and 46% of America’s lakes are already too polluted for fishing, swimming, or aquatic life. (Grinningplanet.com) Let’s take the steps to make sure that percentage does not get any worse.

Living in Florida we reside so close to the ocean and other big bodies of water. The water is a way of enjoyment and can improve lives greatly. That is, unless it's polluted. Therefore, by taking care of our beloved water we would be improving not only our lives but wildlife and plant's lives extraordinarily. So Public Policy 403.021 hopes “that control, regulation and abatement of the activities which are causing or may cause pollution of the air or water resources.... be increased to ensure conservation of natural resources” so our environment can benefit (Statues 1). The code requires industries to “encourage” the installment of new machinery that could help the quality of the air and water. Thus, decreasing the outraging amount of pollution

In the article, “Water Pollution: A Surefire Story in Your Community,” from IRE Journal, Robert Mcclure, investigates waterways that were supposedly “cleaned up” by the federal government. Factories and large businesses are the main contributors to water pollution in seas and oceans. The Clean Water Act was supposed to help clean oceans and ocean fronts from pollution and polluters, but the act was never initiated. Mcclure mentions that “The result today: Beaches, streams, and bays across the country are not being protected enough for people to safely swim and fish there” (1). He has performed many studies, starting with a Statewide look of investigation of water pollution. In his research, he revealed, “all the factories, sewage treatment plants and other

It is so devastating to hear of our nations past issues with chemicals and the lack of regulations. The fact that the Hooker Corporation was dumping 20,000 tons of chemicals and the government was not immediate in their assistance is appalling. It took the residents more than two years, a hostage situation, and major threats until President Jimmy Carter came to their aid. Seeing the way Ronald Reagan tore down so much that the ecologists campaigned for made me change my views on his

The public should do what they are supposed to do, people shouldn’t be control with the environment, human can’t saving the environment after destroy it. Before human destroy the environment, people should unity together to save the environment. Like the in the poetry, “Be the ocean when it meets the sky,”Greek freighters are dumping crap somewhere right now” Be the magic in the northern lights, “the ice is melting!” Be the river as it rolls along, “toxic waste dumpin’ from corporate farms ””, (Stanza 13) this shown the author can see the change and do

The one thing humans need on this planet to survive is water. If we need water to survive, then why are polluting it? Most of our nation’s waterways are in terrible condition because of the pollution in the water. Water pollution not only can cause illnesses, but also deaths for humans. Humans aren’t the only thing that water pollution causes harm to. It is also hurting our ecosystem. Humans are the leading cause of most water pollution. We keep throwing wastes into the water making the water unsafe for humans to drink. Scientists are coming up with ways for humans to decrease the amount of wastes they are putting in the water. We need to stop polluting the one thing that keeps us alive.

To address a problem, a solution of adequate scale is imperative. When there is scale mismatch, it is very difficult to overcome the problem. This is when the scale of the solution does not match the scale of the problem, which is what is currently happening with environmental problem solving. Americans as a whole are more individualistic and consequently, so are most of the environmental programs. This means that people prefer to do a task that does not disrupt their normal day to day, and go back to living their lives. Some of these programs and tasks include city wide recycling, city trash clean up, and buying a prius instead of a hummer.

For years upon years companies have wormed their way into the minds of Americans to consume. The companies mask all of the real problems. Many logging companies associated with larger corporations have failed to make Americans aware of the pollution and the increase in toxic gases and waste that is being dispersed every where. All that matters to them is the flow of money that the businesses are

In times like theses, environmental concerns such as clean water, air pollution, wildfire and the like should be put on the back burner so that the economy can grow and we can create more jobs.