Generational genocide is not a term to use lightly; but, that is precisely what is happening with U.S. environmental policy today. Reversing the transition from fossil fuels to sustainable energy sources is not only poor economics but a direct attack on the health of this and future generations. What logic supports the removal of coal discharge restrictions to waterways of the U.S.? What logic supports the removal of restrictions on the use of known toxic pesticides, herbicides and toxic chemicals that leach into our waterways and food? What logic supports the removal of Science Advisory Boards to the U.S. EPA whose sole role is to insure the accuracy and quality of research? The logic is the quarterly corporate profit report and not the protection of health and the environment for America's young people.
The polluters will be old or dead when the bill comes due but that bill is an existential threat to the lives of youth living today and their progeny in the future. That is generational genocide!
As technology and the pace of modern civilization speeds up, policy makers must look further ahead. They are not doing that. There view is fixated on the shiny hood ornament of short term profit. Young people today are savvy and see the folly and danger of the current trend. We are fighting back, in mass and with a loud voice. We will be heard.
BMR Editor: W. Douglas Smith, Environmental Scientist; Senior Compliance Investigator for the U.S. EPA (Retired 2005 after 3 decades of Civil Service)
The polluters will be old or dead when the bill comes due but that bill is an existential threat to the lives of youth living today and their progeny in the future. That is generational genocide!
As technology and the pace of modern civilization speeds up, policy makers must look further ahead. They are not doing that. There view is fixated on the shiny hood ornament of short term profit. Young people today are savvy and see the folly and danger of the current trend. We are fighting back, in mass and with a loud voice. We will be heard.
BMR Editor: W. Douglas Smith, Environmental Scientist; Senior Compliance Investigator for the U.S. EPA (Retired 2005 after 3 decades of Civil Service)
