Environmental regulations can be a pain. I've run into them at work, and have seen other people deal with them at home. Particularly when the nature of the regulation is procedural, and not based on any acts of pollution. For example, the company I work for was fined for not following a set procedure properly, even though we do take great care to manage our waste responsibly. A friend of mine ran into big trouble landscaping his yard. He filled in a low spot that was apparently deemed wetlands. So, I can understand frustrations with environmental regulations, and wouldn't mind some specific reforms, but I have to say, I am very thankful they exist. Today, the story out of China is that [url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57601319/220000-pounds-of-poisoned-dead-fish-scooped-up-in-pollution-plagued-china/]100 tons of dead fish showed up overnight[/url]. As bothersome as regulations are, I'm pretty sure no one in the Western world would want to live without them. [url=http://cellar.org/2007/plastic.jpg]Here is what a Chinese river entirely clogged by garbage.[/url] [url=http://media.komonews.com/images/China_Dead_Fish___1.jpg]Chinese stream filled with dead fish[/url] [url=http://www.earthtimes.org/newsimage/pollution-chinese-air-people_9313.jpg]smog blocking out the sun mid-day[/url] [url=http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/1t/1t8mi15fx8aw52jd.jpg]Rivers literally running red with chemicals[/url] [url=https://www.scmp.com/sites/default/files/2013/07/16/5a1ee3eb15bccc6bc789f4e7a7865b00.jpg]Beaches turn bright green with algae blooms caused by fertilizer runoff[/url] Imagine a place where the [url=http://www.cnn.com/2011/12/16/world/asia/china-river-of-red/index.html?_s=PM:ASIA]river colors change unnatural hues based on what chemicals were dumped in them that day[/url]. Where manufacturers just [url=http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-202_162-57601319/220000-pounds-of-poisoned-dead-fish-scooped-up-in-pollution-plagued-china/]dump ammonia into the water supply[/url]. [url=http://www.news.com.au/world-news/factory-fire-went-unnoticed-for-3-hours-amid-china-smog/story-fndir2ev-1226554710072]Where a factory can burn down mid-day without anyone noticing[/url] because the thick, black smoke is indistinguishable from their air. Where there [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2013/01/13/science/earth/beijing-air-pollution-off-the-charts.html]isn't even a scale to measure all the bad shit in your air[/url]. Where the [url=https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/5153]unregulated use of fertilizer and pesticides has made farmland toxic[/url]. No thank you. Thank you, EPA. Whatever the cost is to the economy, you're worth it.