Written Assignment #3
In the face of major environmental challenges including such problems as urban smog, diffuse source pollution and eutrophication of rivers, it is becoming increasingly clear that reliance on traditional approaches to regulation alone will not ensure continued environmental improvements or allow regulatory agencies to achieve their missions. Environmental taxes, charges and levies are one major class of economic instruments that could be used for achieving better levels of environmental protection. They constitute a mechanism for putting prices on the use of the environment. As with any other policy tool, their acceptability and effectiveness varies according to the particular environmental problem at hand and the way they are designed and implemented.
Are good health and a clean environment a basic human right or merely something that we should all strive for? Would you be willing to pay a separate tax for a cleaner environment?
Write a comment to this post by April 4, 2008. You must include a minimum of two (2) reputable (not Wikipedia) on-line sources.
posted by LZimmerman @ 9:10 AM
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This assignment was due April 4, 2008 and has been closed as of April 9, 2008.
I personally think that a clean environment should be a basic human right ,however in todays world it is nearly impossible to go somewere and be given that right.For crying out loud you walk to the store and before you even walk inside you breath in a cloud of smoke from all the people outside,it's almost as if you have to put a sign on your head saying EXCUSE me i don't want that nasty stuff in my lungs so can you PLEASE go somewere Else.I wouldn't be surprised if we had to pay taxes for clean air even if i don't think we should
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