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How do we make bold action politically feasible?
In order to adapt to the climate change, regulations are established to control exhaust emissions and to alleviate harms caused by human’s disbehaviors toward environment. However, the profits derived from harming our nature are usually extremely high ,so even if the government fines you, so there has been a gradual increase of environment destruction. We should demand the government to set up penalties that is much harsher, and raise the fines for example, to stop people from coveting natural properties. On the other hand, the government shouldn’t tolerate those people only because of economy development. Furthermore, politicians shouldn’t ignore the issue owing to for the sake of their own profits. After all, we only have one mother nature Earth. Economy can be built, however, injuries we cause on the earth is irreversible. " Reporting” factories’ bad behaviors to authorities could be is a bold action,but the informers may sometimes get into dangerous trouble. To countersign on the Internet could be an alternative. What we can do is we not only need to have awareness, but also have to educate others. With the monitor from people and government, I believe that those nasty actions will gradually disappear.
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I agree with your points. Big profit companies as well as governments focus too much on increasing the economy with whatever means but the economy can be stimulated in many other ways not including destruction of an environment and ecosystem. We can invent other things to generate money, but we cannot invent a new Earth. I really liked your point "the government shouldn't tolerate those people only because of economy development," because I felt it was true. I believe the government actually does that just to make the economy better.
nice work AHSofChungHsingTW-30.
I think the misbehavior of big corporations in environmental issues is part of the problem but definitely not the whole thing. When it comes to issues like pipeline leaks-for example- the operating corporation is absolutely responsible for not providing the proper conditions for operation and the government is also partly responsible for not putting enough emphasis on the importance of avoiding these occurrences (as you mentioned low fines, low taxes, multiple warnings instead of firm action, etc...). But the problem of climate change is larger than that. Fossil fuels contribute immensely to global warming regardless of how they are handled and that's why it's extremely important for the government to direct the transition of energy to renewable sources in addition to increase the monitoring and regulating the fossil fuel consumption.
Jasmine Sekhon
Oct 20, 2015