Essays on Environmental Ethics

Thousands of years ago, burying wastes have already been an effective way in helping the environment. However, because of the increase in population in the present time, digging a hole is not enough. With the larger number of human population, equates larger amount of wastes,...

Environmental ethics may refer to morals and perceptions of the human race towards maintaining the well-being of the natural biodiversity and making life generally admirable for survival. These notions should be enhanced and promoted in order to ensure that the natural biodiversity is taken care...

The province of Ontario is starting to take a strategic leap by promoting environmentally friendly technologies in order to tackle global warming and secure a more effective and efficient economy. The province has introduced The Green Investment Fund, which is a not-for-profit provincial agency that...

The Environmental Protection Act relates to the structure and authority for waste management and intends to strengthen pollution controls and support enforcement with heavier penalties. Previously there had been separate environmental regulation of air, water, and land pollution, however, this act looks at all three....

Social responsibility regarding the environment is one of the crucial areas in today’s corporate social responsibility. In order to sustain in this competitive world most of the industrial and corporate houses globally are incorporating the concept of environmental element in their business operations. These industrial...

In the years spanning the twentieth through twenty-first centuries, global climate change and environmental degradation have steadily worsened due to human activity. Fracking, emissions, industries, modern agriculture, and poorly managed waste are just some of the many devastating ways that the human community has contributed...

Introduction The Environmental Protection Agency is the administrative agency that governs regulatory compliance of the manufacturer. Ideally, the agency formulates environmental laws which act as a guide and which are aimed at regulating and controlling the pollutant human activities which lead to destruction of the...

The Environmental Ethics of the American Diet We are living in an “era of climate change”; environmental advocacy and sustainability are issues that are increasingly discussed by mainstream media and politicians (Freeman). Greenhouse gases and energy usage are at the forefront of the climate change...

Environmental pollution has been a matter of concern for many years. The Mellon Institute of Pittsburgh, PA, USA, sponsored the first broad scientific study of smoke abatement, which resulted in legislation designed to decrease the effects of smoke. It is now well known that environmental...

Introduction: The world is going from bad to worse. We as human being are wasting everything we face. We are the source of disasters in the earth. The Earth is almost 4.6 billion years old, and humans have been living on it for less than...

Majora Carter is one of New York City’s most well-known environmental justice activists. In February 2006, Carter gave an inspiring eighteen minute speech on “Greening the Ghetto” at a TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design) conference in Monterey, California. More specifically, this convention calls attention to the...

The ‘polluter pays’ principle is an environmental policy principle which requires that the costs of pollution be borne by those who cause it. The ‘polluter pays’ principle is normally implemented through two different policy approaches: command-and-control and market-based. Command-and-control approaches include performance and technology standards,...

Joseph DesJardins, environmental ethicist and author of Environmental Ethics, began the fourth chapter of his book, titled “Responsibilities to Future Generations,” by denoting the world’s growing population and the resulting consequences. Mankind’s increasing trends in consumption, without intervention, will cause environmental and economic collapse due...