Well for starters we have to do more to create demand for new technologies that can reduce our dependence on foreign oil and environmental degradation. Topic: Environmental, Author: Sherwood Boehlert Share Article: Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on Telegram Share on Whatsapp Copy Link
Previous Article The infrastructure for linking environmental health and public health is not working as well as it should.
1 Moreover environmental health at the local level has become narrowly focused very much defined around regulations and the attendant regulatory debates.
2 Having yet another vote on refinery legislation that uses high oil prices as an excuse to weaken environmental protections and to give more legislative gifts to the oil industry is misguided in the extreme.
3 Let me start by emphasizing that I am open to efforts to expedite environmental procedures for true emergencies or in other clear cases where current laws are needlessly burdensome.
4 Practically every environmental problem we have can be traced to our addiction to fossil fuels primarily oil.
