Role of government in environmental management
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The federal government passes laws to protect human health and the environment, and creates regulations to enforce those laws. The federal government may also delegate responsibility of certain environmental issues to the state level. For example, state government regulates wastewater management, including sewage. The state can then create its own laws and regulations that may be stricter than federal regulations, but cannot be weaker. At the local level, environmental laws and regulations are called ordinances.
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The role of governments in environmental management is difficult but inescapable. ... They actually subsidise the exploitation and consumption of natural resources. A whole range of policies, from farm- price support to protection for coal-mining, do environmental damage and (often) make no economic sense.