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# TITLE: Is it the government’s role to help protect the environment? [25bbb1d4ce08c8bff78d5cf8a416a74a]
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# PUBLICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# MODIFICATION DATE: 2025-10-12
# NUMBER ALTERNATIVES: 4
# NUMBER VOTERS: 5
# NUMBER UNIQUE ORDERS: 5
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 1: Statement 1 - Consensus view: The government has an obligation to help protect the environment. They can take the lead to guide the people and companies and industries in taking care of the environment. They can set policies for people, and for the companies to follow. They can help show how to do small things to start making a change to protect the environment.  The government needs to drive the laws and regulations, to ensure that the companies and businesses are doing the right things to ensure that we are not damaging the environment. The government can pass laws to ensure that our land air and sea are protected. They can ensure that the rules they have made, make their way to other countries so that we can all do less harm to the environment now and for the future.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 2: Statement 2 - The government has a responsibility to help protect the environment. The government can do this by implementing policies that help people and companies invest into protecting the environment. They can also help show people how to do small things to start making a change. The government needs to be driving the laws and structure to ensure that companies and businesses are doing the right things to ensure that we are not damaging the environment. The government should be passing laws that keep our land, air and sea safe. They should be demanding that other countries agree to laws and treaties that make the world a safer place and that we are all doing less harm to the environment now and for future generations. This project was meant to be a fun and interactive way of getting the message across to the public that we need to start protecting our environment.  It is very easy to see that the group did a very good job of negotiating their differences and coming to an agreement on the final consensus statement.  In fact, if I had not known that this was a project for a college class, I would have thought that this was a real life example of a group of people coming together to discuss a very important topic and to try to come to a consensus on what to do.  This project shows that
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 3: Statement 3 - The government has a responsibility to help protect the environment. They can do this by implementing policies that help people and companies invest into protecting the environment. They can also help show people how to do small things to start making a change. The government needs to be driving the laws and structure to ensure that companies and businesses are doing the right things to ensure that we are not damaging the environment. The government should be passing laws that keep our land, air and sea safe. They should be demanding that other countries agree to laws and treaties that make the world a safer place and that we are all doing less harm to the environment now and for future generations.
# ALTERNATIVE NAME 4: Statement 4 - It is the government’s responsibility to help protect the environment. They can do this by implementing policies that help people and companies invest into protecting the environment. They can also help show people how to do small things to start making a change. The government needs to be driving the laws and structure to ensure that companies and businesses are doing the right things to ensure that we are not damaging the environment. The government should be passing laws that keep our land, air and sea safe. They should be demanding that other countries agree to laws and treaties that make the world a safer place and that we are all doing less harm to the environment now and for future generations.
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