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The New York Times: F.T.C. Issues Guidelines for ‘Eco-Friendly’ Labels
Summary
Customers who purchase products from the markets with the tag ‘eco-friendly’ have had the belief that the products they buy are of benefits attached to them. This has led to more clients buying these products. However, a number of companies are misusing these tags by placing them in products that do meet the attributes of being environmentally friendly. Clients have found it hard to create a contrast between what is real and what is not. This has led the Federal Trade Commission to review is agenda. According to the Commission certain tags did not meet the aspects for an eco-friendly product.
These companies have made us of deceptive methods so as to acquire the trust of the customer, some of them being the use of products that arise from reused products is very much on the receiving end. This is if it makes use of a lot of resources to make it. Additionally, other company makes use of seals that are deceitful in validity hence giving the wrong information to commission. The new guidelines are meant to correct this measure.
Response
The guidelines put in place by the Federal Trade Commission are meant to curtail the processing of products that are harmful to the environment. It involves the application of tags that are noticeable when a client uses the product. Questions arise over the commission’s ability to monitor companies that fault their guidelines.
The commission has made use of stiff penalties so as to manage companies that infringe on environmental guidelines. This has been made possible through complaints that have been lodged by consumers to the commission. However, with the rise in technology, the methods of acquisition of wrong certificates and tags have been on the increase leaving the consumer vulnerable to dangerous products and ultimately the environment.
As been noted, it is after the environment has been utterly destroyed that the commission is able to notice these forms of destruction that vital steps are taken to curtail the acts. The guidelines do not seem to work in popular states, that destroy the environment and little or no steps are taken.
Such guidelines ought to be all inclusive in taking of measures meant to curtail these acts. Countries should be responsible for their environments and have in addition to these standards, ways of early identification and corrective measures. This can all be done if the relevant companies are part of the initiatives of safeguarding the environment.
The Los Angeles Times: Environmental objections in path of bullet train Summary California intends to set a path for the bullet train which considered bringing about environmental concerns to the wildlife the people living in the vicinity. The train has been believed to emit a large amount of fumes that is dangerous to the human beings as well as animals living closer by. Objections to this creation have been rife between varied groups. The environmentalists have surprisingly offered their support for the building of the bullet train stating that it could go a long way in easing global warming. Local activists on the other hand believe that this move will affect the health of the people and the environment taking to fact the occupants.
Response
The bullet train path building in California carries with it both an advantage and a curse. The benefit lies in the cutting down on use of wood in making paths for super highways, hence saves the environment in the amount of space needed. However, the complaints posed by the activists are valid in that the amount of emission produced by the train is dangerous.
Air emissions produced by the train has the ability of destroying a wide area in a day taking to fact the number of people and animals that live closer buy and breathe the gases in. This condition reaches far and wide hence the number of people affected grows day by day. The building of the California bullet train is hence of great harm to the environment and should not be advanced.
The building of the path train should be done in areas that do not affect the environment in anyway, which is in terms of the people and animals living there as well as the plant life. The trains ought to be limited in terms of the emission amount and use of electricity as so in most advanced countries.
Source: http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/11/local/la-me-bullet-green-20120611/2
References
Environmental objections in path of bullet train. (2012, June 11). Los Angeles Times, p. 1 & 2.
F.T.C. Issues Guidelines for ‘Eco-Friendly’ Labels. (2012, October 1). New York Times
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