Right, because property rights and environmental issues have never ever ever crossed paths, not once...
And thats where States step in
Who said anything about climate change? I certainly didn't. All I mentioned was federal environmental standards (or something along those lines).
And the suggestion that environmental standards would not exist otherwise is based on what?
You do know that climate change isn't the only environmental problem around today right? There are other things, like air quality standards.
As I said they can create their own environmental standards.
Also, climate change is not a new idea, it was first suggested in the 1890's, and the fundamental physics that implied its existence were already several decades old by that point.
But the actual movement and the idea that humans are causing it being substantiated thoroughly is still very recent. And this becoming a political topic is even more recent. You have to understand 'laws' are politics and unless the people have knowledge and take action many times laws are not made. Due to the recent awareness there are state agencies that deal with environment and standards.
Yes, we have already tried the unregulated approach, and guess what, it didn't work - we wound up with things like Chromium VI in the groundwater in California.
You think if California knew the damages and the whole process they wouldn't have created safeguards and standards?
What you are saying is the Federal Government must to it. We're saying the Federal government doesn't have to do it there are other ways.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Environmental_Protection_Agency
Last edited: