Government Negligence

Guest Blogger: Brian Ashburn, Brainerd High School, Brainerd, Minnesota, USA

The only agent acting to regulate water pollution is the government, and in most cases the state government. I recently read an article from the New York Times about the state of New York and their pollution codes. What I read was quite shocking.

A protest group, the Environmental Advocates of New York, began to create awareness in the state in late April about the loose pollution laws. After further researching New York Law, the group claims that their actions to prevent water pollution has actually increased this harm two fold. The state of New York allegedly overlooked pollution by major corporations, causing great ecologic turmoil. EANY continues to take action to bring a suit against New York, but thus far nothing has occurred. One group member was reported saying that she has personally experienced the pollution New York’s careless has created. Not only are the corporations carelessly dumping waste into lakes and rivers, but the corporations even go so far as to throw it into any secluded areas of trees. 

This is a lugubrious situation. A government must take action to stop environmental harm. Citizens may take some actions, but those attempts are nothing compared to governmental action. Laws are already in place, but they are obviously not doing much. It is a little hypocritical how the government cracks down on companies like Enron for their pollution, but when it benefits the government, it is no big deal. New York and other states like it must stop their recklessness before its too late.

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