Pollution

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dropped from the 1970s to date in the US (Source A), this is only because of more government involvement with laws that regulate not less.
Further, while resources continue to become more and more scarce, we continue to be one of the top polluting countries. In fact, "the United States, China, Russia, Japan and India together account for 54% of the world's total carbon dioxide emissions, which represent the largest share of man-made greenhouse gases." (Source E) Although American and Japanese indicate that the have the highest levels of environmental stewardship, voluntary stewardship is too little, too late. The government must continue to motivate good stewardship through laws that penalize for failing to meet a certain standards.
A good example of using government regulation to modify behavior is seen in the policies implemented by the Singapore government on automobiles. "In particular, car buyers pay an annual tax that specifically punishes high-powered gas-guzzling ...

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