Pdifferent forms of advertisement is important to alter the behaviour of people. Thus, taxing people who produce mercury and release mercury into the water will stop or reduce this behavior. Therefore, taxing the behaviour of the dumping of mercury will allow in reduction of mercury disposals since people will not want to pay taxes, thus this will reduce the amount disposed in the environment. Taxing is designed to treat the ones who use mercury, thus there is equity present since it only taxes the ones who release the mercury into the Grassy Narrows. This process is effective since people will think twice before disposing mercury into the Grassy Narrows, since money is involved to pay the tax to the government indirectly. Thus, that is why …show more content…
Regulation is based on imposing restrictions as a way to make changes in the behaviour of individuals. The criminal code is a form of regulation that states what is considered acceptable and what is not. The criminal code could be used as a way of imposing a penalty on companies that use mercury to stop the release of mercury into rivers. The issue of mercury being released into rivers and causing serious illnesses to people is a major issue that sanctions should be imposed on companies that use mercury improperly. By imposing sanctions on these companies will place a penalty on the companies in order to stop the release of mercury into rivers. Furthermore, when it comes to the policy instrument of regulations there are two types which are: economic regulations and social regulations. Starting off with economic regulations, companies should be required to have a license to work in these factories. By requiring companies to have …show more content…
For regulation to be effective, state enforcement is required. When it comes to the regulation of mercury being disposed in Grassy Narrows the state must follow one of two measure, economic or social regulations. Regulations require for a degree of commanding for the alternations of the behaviours. However, this can be only done when there is state enforcement. The government even though indirect has the power to control by posing rules and regulations. For example, through the state, sanctions will be used on factories that improperly use mercury. For instance, a sanction could be place to punish those who dispose mercury into Grassy Narrows. Furthermore, penalties could be applied to these factories that use mercury unsafely. The use of sanctions and penalties is a serious process. By using sanctions and placing penalties on companies who carelessly dispose mercury into rivers will eventually lead these companies to stop their improper disposal due to the fear of sanctions. Sanctions can be harsh, but it is useful since mercury has poisoned hundreds of residents in Grassy Narrows and if these companies are not stopped then they could take this further by disposing mercury in other locations. This method has efficiency since it does use lower amount of sources to solve a policy issue. As well as, the rationale of equity is present in this
At the turn of the 21st century, the already vulnerable residents of Mesquite, NM, were receiving an unequal distribution of air, water and other types of pollution because of a nearby multinational company called Helena Chemical. I will examine Helena Chemical Company by using justice theory, considering vulnerability and examining cases between the Mesquite community and Helena Chemical.
...e are now regulations in place dealing with casings and other equipment (Regulations). If there were more regulations like this, there might be less breaks and les contamination. There might also be less spills or related accidents if there were more regulations on the disposing of these dangerous chemicals. How the chemicals are being disposed of should be monitored (Howells).
the example of taxation which is the first of its kind on this particular product. The author is
To create an outcome that benefits the society in addition to the firm, governments put regulations into place. The externalities of exploiting a resources that produces air are monstrous. In this case, the exchange can cost society lives. Government intervention works to fill the gap of these externalities, to reduce economic freedom in certain circumstances and regulate through appropriate methods like taxation and cap-and-trade programs. In The Lorax, the government should have intervened with regulations that would make the Onceler plant just as many trees as he cut down. This would minimize the deadweight
The problem with pollution prevention is that it requires people to understand more than the intimate details of the production process; they must also understand the technical possibilities. Many corporations have environmental managers, which are generally responsible for helping corporations comply with the law. According to the case study, the work of environmental managers often expose them to many pollution prevention solutions, but they often have trouble getting access to production areas. Production often sees Environmental Managers as "the compliance police".
Within the Gilbane Gold case, the major problem is the contribution of water pollution by dumping chemicals to speed production for Z CORP. However, there is doubt as to what extent the company violated city regulations. Tom Richards believes that Z-CORP broke regulations repeatedly but Professor Massin believes that it is not solid evidence. Part of the problem is that two different tests are involved: an older and a less sensitive test which does not break regulations but there is also the newer and more sensitive one which does. The newer test was said that the company just broke city regulations, but not by a large amount.
For example experts argued that the siting of landfills in Warren County made no scientific sense. This explains that the pollution sources are purposely placed in the vicinity of minorities despite the knowledge of the fact that it will the residents drinking water. Also, as shown in the article, “Environmental justice: Income, Race, and Health, “... Asthma prevalence in the U.S in significantly higher in minority and low-income populations than in the general population. Unequal exposure to environmental factors that triggers or exacerbate asthma may play a role.” This shows how the government places hazardous companies in minority dominant communities, which exposes them to toxic hazardous and unsafe conditions. This demonstrates how environmental racism is marked by contamination from different sources of
...ty. It is available to reflect the social values of a society such as new concepts of justice. The law Reform Commission of Canada is persistently submitting legal proposals that can be used to improve a society and it also serves as a crucial role to the structure of law and the government and the Canadian Criminal Justice System. A proposal that has drawn a lot of debate is the idea of whether environmental destruction and maltreatment should be criminalized. After examining the given themes, environmental harm should not be considered a crime. The undesirable outcomes of criminalizing environmental harm outweigh the positives of criminalizing such a reform. Although the environment affects people’s lives, so do the laws and regulations. This crime is too broad and may result in more harm than good in the Canadian society and the Canadian Criminal Justice System.
In the case of Avco Environmental, Chantele, the clerk, faced a problem in which her company has been disposing medical waste in a local municipal landfill. She tried to reach her superiors, but they told Chantele that it is none of her business. Having no one to talk about her concern in the company, she consulted with an old friend who is in charge of the environmental column of the local newspaper. Apparently some environmental groups have expressed concerns and have started to monitor some places in the country.
With regards to environmental policy, it is important for governments to consider concepts such as risk, economic efficiency and cost-benefit. A common concern voiced by proponents of regulatory reform in recent decades has been that the costs associated with certain regulations outweigh the benefits that the regulations are intended to provide (Tengs &Graham, 1996). Another, and somewhat related, view is that, more intelligent regulatory policies could achieve the same social goals (e.g., cleaner environment, safer workplaces) at less cost, or could achieve more ambitious goals at the same cost (Tengs &Graham, 1996). For the reasons above, Federal Agencies, have invested in using tools such as the cost benefit analysis and risk assessment to minimize eventual risks of excessive costs and negative environmental impact. The purpose of this paper is to evaluate and determine whether tools such as the risk assessment and cost benefit analysis are invaluable tools and important ingredients in environmental policymaking.
California is a large state with an increasing population, which results to increased use of resources, especially water for human consumption, industrial uses and irrigation. However, water has become a scarce resource in California with poor communities suffering the most from the shortage. Therefore, through public policy the state government sought a solution to the issue. As a result, it led to the adoption of the recycled water policy on 3 February 2009 (Martineau, 2013). The policy aims at providing reliable and clean water supply for the state. In addition, the policy conserves the availability of fresh water sources by reducing consumption of potable water. The policy has three goals. The first goal is to increase the use of storm water by at most 500,000 acre-feet by 2020 and one million acre-feet by 2030 (Heineman et al., 2001). Secondly, it is to increase recycled water over by at least one million acre-feet by 2020 two million acre-feet by 2030. Thirdly, by 2020, it aims at increasing water conservation by 20%, especially for industrial and urban uses (Heineman et al., 2001). The methodology utilized for execution and approval of this policy was systematic. Initially, the state consulted experts in diverse areas such as water conservation experts, financial experts and other relevant players. It is important because it assisted in drafting the guidelines and rules in the policy. Furthermore, the analysis of the current problem will occur at this point. The second step was conducting a referendum where the public will pass the policy in order for the state to legalize it. During this stage, there will be an evaluation regarding the costs of the problem. The final phase is to authorize a perti...
Importantly, when thinking about the cost-benefit approach, it should be borne in mind that its proponents are not strictly motivated to act ethically, unless the cost of not doing so is sufficiently high, or if acting ethically will result in economic profit. For example, a industrial company may know that dumping chemical waste into a nearby river is harmful to the environment, and by extension, human and non-human animals, although still decide to dispose of their waste in such a manner, as it is economically cheaper to do so, than to dispose of the waste in a safe but more costly manner. In coming to such a decision, they may have also weighed the potential fines and loss of business if they are exposed, although determined that such costs are not sufficiently high compared to the economic savings of cheaper, inappropriate dumping, so will maintain the current method of disposal.
By doing this, it would cause more people to want to live in a less populated area and work for higher wages. A sudden increase in population would also increase the number of the labor force. By doing this, more workers and industries would rapidly affect the growth of the economy. (R1) In closing the first argument Summer commits to subjective fallacy when he states dumping toxic waste is “logical” and “impeccable”.
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, along with venus, earth, mars. It is mostly made of rock. In 1974, Mariner 10 took pictures of mercury and scientist thought it looked like earth’s moon. It itself has no moons. It is named after the Greco- Roman Messenger of the gods, because it moves faster than all the other planets. Mercury has a crater known as Caloris Basin, Scientists believe the crater was made when an asteroid hit the planet. The crater is about 810 miles (1,300 km) You can see mercury at sunset or sunrise low in the horizon. Mercury is the only planet that has no atmosphere, any gases will escape into space. Without an atmosphere, the day is hot and dry, the night is freezing cold. It is made out of rock, its iron
... pollution, urban decay, and poverty. Crimes like bribery, corruption, embezzlement, and theft are dealt with by laws, but the processes of legal action are slow and often uncertain. More difficult are problems, in which the corporation itself must be regulated, controlled, or punished. Standards of proper conduct of business firms are hard to set, but these too are being rapidly codified into regulatory and other laws.