Emily Halder Katie Lathrum. “This we know: the earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the...
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Emily Halder Katie Lathrum. “This we know: the earth does not belong to man; man belongs to the earth… All the things are connected like the blood which
This we know: the earth does not belong to man; man belongs to
the earth All the things are connected like the blood which unites
one family whatever befalls the earth, befalls the sons of the
earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in
it. Whatever he does to the web he does to himself. Chief
Seattle
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Each human being has a right It is something that others have a
duty to allow us to have A livable environment is essential to the
fulfillment of our human capacities
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A person has a moral right to a thing when possession of that
thing is essential in permitting him to live a human life
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Provide plausible rationale for limiting property rights in
these absolute ways for the sake of human right to a clean
environment Humans have a moral duty to treat each other as ends
and not as means, they have a correlative duty to respect and
promote the development of another's capacity to freely and
rationally choose for him/ herself Add it to the constitution
Pennsylvania Stockholm Declaration
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Water Pollution Control Act 1972 Clean Water Act 1977 The
Quality Act of 1987
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The CWA made it unlawful to discharge any pollutant from a
point source into navigable waters, unless a permit was
obtained
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requires industry to meet best available technology standards
for specified toxic pollutants by July 1, 1984 requires compliance
with best available technology standards for newly listed toxics
within three years
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requires states to identify waters that do not meet water
quality standards due to the discharge of toxic substances, to
adopt numerical criteria for the pollutants in such waters, and to
establish effluent limitations for individual discharges to such
water bodies
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Possible impact that pollution abatement requirements may have
on plants and closing jobs Fails to provide any nuanced guidance on
several pressing environmental issues
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Discuss with people around you.
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EPA and the water acts trying to help the environment and make
it safer for everyone. With all the chemicals getting released in
the air, we are trying to get rid of the toxics that are harmful to
us and the environment.