One of the earliest environmental protection lawsuits to
establish that citizens may sue for environmental and
aesthetic
harms was Scenic Hudson Preservation Conference v. Federal Power
Commission, decided in 1965 by the Second
Circuit Court of
Appeals. The case helped halt the construction of a power plant
on Storm King Mountain in New York
State.
The Environmental Movement has three main roots: Conservation
of natural resources, preservation of wilderness
and the
movement to reduce pollution and improve urban life.
Some people are skeptical of the environmental movement
and
feel that it is more deeply rooted in politics than science.
Although there have been serious debates about climate
change
and effects of some pesticides and herbicides that mimic animal
sex steroids, science has shown that the claims
of
environmentalists have creedence, that we are indeed
experiencing human-induced climate change, and that there are
serious
side effects in the over-application of pesticides and
herbicides.
Largely due to this political critique and
confusion, and a
growing concern with the environmental health problems caused
by pesticides, some serious biologists
and ecologists created
the scientific ecology movement which would not confuse
empirical data with visions of a desirable
future world.
However, the environmental movement today persists in many
smaller local groups, usually within
ecoregions, furthering
spiritual and aesthetic values which Thoreau or those who
rewrote Chief Seattle's Reply would
recognize.
The visions and confusions, however, persist. The new tribalist
vision of society, for example, echoes
the concerns of the
original environmentalists to a degree. And the more local
groups increasingly find that they benefit
from collaboration,
e.g. on consensus decision making methods, or making
simultaneous policy, or relying on common legal
resources, or
even sometimes a common glossary.
Despite all the political talk and dispute among environmental
groups;
we can all agree on one thing: Each individual must
take good care of mother earth while he or she is here – a
borrowed
time that eventually is passed on to the next
generation.
Thank you for your time.
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