POV 1
“On its website, Edison states that ‘environmental issues are at the top of our business concerns’ and that ‘we understand [that] our success as a corporation is directly linked to the vitality of our communities’ ("Coal Blooded Putting Profits Before People").”
Corporations such as Edison believe that they are doing no harm to the people because they are providing energy to them. They believe the positives of energy outweigh the negatives of pollution. Edison believes that the locations where they have their power plants are the reasons for their success. Edison is completely guilty of polluting the air we breathe and yet they continue to receive a simple slap on the wrist. Corporations such as Edison believe that they are helping the nation by providing the nation the energy it needs to run successfully and efficiently. In reality these corporations are highly contaminating the nations air and causing many people to get sick and at times die due to the inhalation of the toxins that the power plants they own are releasing.
Corporations such as Edison believe that they are doing no harm to the people because they are providing energy to them. They believe the positives of energy outweigh the negatives of pollution. Edison believes that the locations where they have their power plants are the reasons for their success. Edison is completely guilty of polluting the air we breathe and yet they continue to receive a simple slap on the wrist. Corporations such as Edison believe that they are helping the nation by providing the nation the energy it needs to run successfully and efficiently. In reality these corporations are highly contaminating the nations air and causing many people to get sick and at times die due to the inhalation of the toxins that the power plants they own are releasing.