Is it the government's role to regulate businesses to protect the environment, even if it means lower profits for those businesses?

Yes. Many businesses cannot be trusted with environmental protection, and the government should be able to regulate them.

Yes, because without our environment remaining healthy and unpolluted, we will deal with enduring issues that prevent us from further growth and advancement as a society due to health issues, resources being used up, and our environment being destroyed.

Gov't should stay out of businesses unless relevant. It wouldn't make sense if the gov started controlling a restaurant full of its own tax payers. Who probably wouldn't be happy. The only regulations gov should be doing is "Wages" and maybe be a bit more strict on sanitation, employee safety, basic importance's.

Yes, I think the government needs to do a better job when it comes to protecting our environment because as years go on, the environment health gets worse

Yes, They should control how much waste they can make. And how much material they need to make something.

I do not believe that the government should regulate businesses even if it does protect the environment because this is not fair to the business themselves. The business works hard to make what they make, and the government shouldn't be able to lower their profits.

Yes because if they want the environment to stay healthy then they need to put laws in places to protect it.

Yes, because at the end of the day, it is about the end goal. From an economic standpoint, higher profits are pointless if there is no more place to call home thanks to climate change.

I would say in some cases yes, if the business is damaging the environment or the way things flow then yes it should get involved just a little bit.

Yes, according to the UN's generational equity concept, governments must take actions that both help them to prosper now, while also protecting future generations. I think this concept applies to the issue.

The government should regulate businesses as to not damage the environment, even if it affects profits.

the government should have no role in the creation, management and finances of the nations businesses. businesses are privately owned and should stay that way. it allows for more opportunities for the people and allows every business to reach its fullest potential.

Yes the government needs to protect federal regulation

Yes even if profits are lowered I think companies should be regulated.

Yes, as long as the government does not take advantage of private businesses it is fine to regulate their environmental habits.

Yes. Damage to the environment is actively hurting the citizens of the entire world, and is extremely important to regulate. From a moral standpoint, any corporation or person that would reject a loss to profits for the sake of the environment is ignorant at best and stubborn at worst.

Yes it is, environmental protection is more important than profits

Yes, the economy may face some spikes downward, but we have overcome them before, and the bigger issue is the survival of everyone on Earth.

I think the government should be able to interveen with business if necessary but if not then no.

It is the governments role to regulate business to protect the environment, but I dont think that it should mean lower profits.

The Government needs to create regulation to protect public and private land. I see all pollutants which can cause harm to people and the environment as trash which has a cause and effect. We cannot allow companies to pollute any areas past their privately owned lands without paying for the ramifications.

Yes I think the government should have a say in buisness protecting the enviornment.

It is the role, because businesses do not protect the world directly. Evironment protection directly does.

at a certain point yes. if the government can prove that a company is going to hurt the environment more than can be fixed then they should step in but blanket policies could disrupt smaller business

Yes, the environment can't be easily fixed. Once severe damage is done, that's that, although businesses will be short a couple dollars, the environment will be able to thrive.

Yes, because businesses are primarily focused on profit. In the long term, businesses will run the environment into the ground if it would make shareholders happy unless they are regulated properly by some outside force.

I'm sure they can find a way to have a good balance of both. They also could find a way that would only slightly lower the profits of the businesses or even send money or do something for them to make up for the loss

I believe that the government shouldn't involve itself with businesses unless needed, but should play a role in protecting the environment in other ways.

It is the government's role to regulate business to protect the environment even if it means lower profits for those businesses

Yes because our environment comes first, if the earth is completely destroyed what are we supposed to do then

Yes, profit does not matter if it only lasts for one human life span. We should be investing in our futures.

Yes it is, the government should be in charge of the big things like that, there are a lot of things the government needs to step up and fix

No. Governments should not have control over business' spending due to it affect the buisness profit though I believe it should be limited if they over use thier power.

Yes, people's well-being and the environment should always become first.

I think they should help to create barriers and laws to make sure the companies do not harm the environment or the people no matter what it does to their profits

Major corporations should be heald accountable for the damage they commit to the environment and if they cannot accomodate to federal law then they should not be an American business.

Yes, to a certain extent. They shouldn't have the power to shut down a business but they should be able to fine businesses if they are not following certain guidelines.

I think that governments should only do regulating if it violates certain guidelines that they should be following.

No, I do not think it should be the government's role to regulate businesses unless if it is a huge corporate business.

Yes, in the long run protecting the environment is more important than protecting and funding businesses.

I think that the government has the right to regulate just a little bit, making sure everything is correct and up to date with the business and that the products being sold are good for the public but other than that I think it is the business's responsibilty to take care of everything else.

The government should have some important regulations for businesses to follow to protect the environment but not so many that the business feels micromanaged.

I think there has to be a middle ground because on one hand big corporations can take that hit, and smaller businesses would probably be the most harmed.

The Government should provide limited regulations to ensure gross negligence and extreme or irreversible damage is minimized. However the Government should intervene minimally.

Yes, buisnesses need to be held accountable and restricted on their infiltration to the natural world.