Environmental clean-up: Who is responsible

Alfonso K. Cruz, D. Alice Cruz, Jane E. Humble

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Abstract

Summary form only given. The authors argue that to determine who is responsible for environmental cleanup, it is necessary to examine our obligations to present and future generations. If we have an obligation to provide an earth which is not polluted beyond use, then we are obligated to correct our mistakes. It is contended that we must clean up existing hazardous waste sites, control air pollution, reduce the use of non-renewable natural resources, insure that further hazardous sites are not created, develop new and different technology to reduce the amount of waste we produce, and change our lifestyles as necessary to accomplish these goals.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication91 Portland Int Conf Manage Eng Technol
PublisherPubl by IEEE
Pages579
Number of pages1
ISBN (Print)0780301617
StatePublished - 1992
Externally publishedYes
EventProceedings of the 1991 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology - PICMET '91 - Portland, OR, USA
Duration: Oct 27 1991Oct 31 1991

Publication series

Name91 Portland Int Conf Manage Eng Technol

Other

OtherProceedings of the 1991 Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology - PICMET '91
CityPortland, OR, USA
Period10/27/9110/31/91

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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