At last, The Greenest budget Ever: House advances a bill that dedicates money to green infrastructure, blocks environmental rollbacks
The environment plays a vital role in sustaining life. All living organisms on the face of the earth need a healthy, clean, and a better environment to boost their adaptability and enhance their chances of survival, human beings included. Having this in mind, it becomes the obligation of every living organism to take care of the environment they live in. Human beings being the ones with the bigger capacity to think, should be at the forefront in conserving the environment.
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nfortunately, humans’ tendency to pollute and over-use resources provided by nature never ceases. Humans, the species trusted with conserving the environment, have instead been playing a role in ruining it. In the 21st century, environmental issues have significantly skyrocketed to new heights. This calls for immediate action if we want to increase the human kind’s chances of survival. We often forget that the well-being of the environment affects millions of jobs and the health of people worldwide.
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The third-largest country in the world, the U.S.A, has many times emerged among the top contributor and as well victims of environmental pollution. Among the top environmental issues felt in the U.S include; soil pollution, air pollution, waste disposal, deforestation, global warming, depletion of natural resources, ocean acidification, and nano pollution. Despite the threat environmental pollution poses to human societies, solutions are rather being developed at a slower rate, than we would
The Power Is Now Magazine | OCTOBER 2020
