Environmental Policy

NRDC- Anti-environmental Budget Riders
Science Daily
OSTI.gov

Environmental Policy in the last decade seems it is becoming less and less important in the eyes of congress and senate members. There seems to be more and more plans to limit previous environmental legislation coming out of congress. Because of republicans completely controlling congress, more of these ideas are turning into reality. Although president Obama has taken a strong stand that environmental policy will continue to evolve, republican congress members are pushing for restrictions on environmental policy. Most commonly more space for corporations to move more freely inside of these environmental policy's. 

As stated in the article cited above by Science Daily, "clean air and health benefits hinge on key policy decisions." They estimate that with stronger EPA regulations many premature deaths can be prevented through out the United States, in Pennsylvania alone an estimated 330 premature deaths have been prevented because of these regulations. Making it obvious the importance of keeping old environmental policy's, and making new environmental policy's. In the video below it shows what companies like Starbucks are doing to prevent their environmental impact.