Drawing the line between man and the environment has been an issue not only america has dealt with, but it has been an international problem for years. What is the purpose of environmental law? Generally speaking enviornmental law is involved in all aspects of “the environment”.
It is very complex and interlocks statutes of common law, treaties, regulations, policies, conventions…etc. In an attempt to regulate the interaction of humans and the environment on a level that allows all to operate peacefully and uniformly keeping the earth from being destroyed by those both greedy and negative towards mother earth.
What factors of mother nature does environmental law deal with on a daily basis? A few categories it keeps in check are that of air quality, water quality, global climate changes, agriculture, pesticides, species preservation, waste management and hazardous chemical storage, treatment and management.
Research to improve our nations environmental law is on going and laws are changing or being added on a daily basis, as it is seen fit to do so. Some new laws go into effect as a means of experimentation to see how they not only affect the earth and environment, but also the general population who has to abide by the new law. These experimental laws are usually outside the bounds of traditional command and control regulations. A good citizen with good concience does not need many environmental laws in place to tell them what they can and cannot do or what they should or should not to protect mother earth.
Many environmental laws are common sense. Most people would know not to dump toxic waste into our drinking water or oceans, but there are people out there in the world today, who because of greed and money do not care about our earth or what happens to it. This is the exact reason we have environmental firms who run staffs of environmental lawyers to prosocute those destroying the earth.
If you wish to pursue a career in environmental law, consider attending an environmental law school. There are many schools throughout the united states dedicated to teaching students the essentials of law put into place to protect our beatiful earth. Throughout this blog we hope to touch on the many aspects of how laws are set into place for not only our benefit but to benefit the earth and all its inhabitants. Please come back often and feel free to leave comments for others to read.