Except for killing industry, forcing American jobs overseas and lying to school kids?

Question

to scare them into believing that their parent’s car is killing the earth, what exactly does a ‘environmental scientist’ do?

And who in their right mind pays them to do it, unless of course it is foreign governments or the UN?

Answer 1

I think most mean well, its just their die hard tactics that most cant stand.  You know, when you are far more worried about a snail than you are a whole town's lively hood, there is something wrong with that picture.

Answer 2

So, if you think that environmental scientists lie to children, than that must  mean the government is in on it too! That must mean the church is in on it too, and the news outlets, major corporations, education centers, even Hollywood!

I can't believe i have been lied to this entire time.

Thank you for enlightening me.

Answer 3

I love you!

Answer 4

Most environtmental scientists don't do any of that.

Personally I investigate potentially contaminated areas and write reports regarding whether they are indeed contaminated, and if so, how they should be cleaned up.  I know, I know, I feel really guilty preventing people from getting cancer, but somebody has to do the dirty work.

My work is funded by contracts mainly from the US Dept. of Defense, because I work on cleaning up former military sites.  Many other environmental consulting firms are funded by oil companies, because leaking underground gas tanks are a common source of contamination.

Our work does not 'kill industry' or force American jobs overseas, and we rarely if ever interact with school kids, let alone lie to them.

Would you prefer to have contaminated drinking water?  If a gas station next to your house leaks a bunch of carcinogens into the soil and water, would you prefer we just pretend it didn't happen?

Answer 5

We should fix the atmosphere by cleaning up waste by products.  But scaring them into believing cars are evil, is a bit much.

Answer 6

Actually, several studies have shown conclusively that the states with the highest environmental quality also have the strongest economies.

Environmentalists are encouraging the re-localization of the workforce and the manufacturing and agricultural practices of our nation. Free market capitalists and conservatives are the ones who are fine with jobs moving over seas because it's "cheaper" and "what the market dictates".

Regardless of CO2 and global warming, car exhaust contributes to air pollution that kills people, as well as enabling the sedentary culture we live in which has resulted in skyrocketing obesity, heart disease, and diabetes rates.

Answer 7

Most of them research sources (your claimes might need some sources) to advise politicians to take the right decisions.

This is how you drink water without being poisonned, use a shampoo which is not going to poison you through the food chain. It is also thanks to them that products such as asbesto are forbidden in your house and that your neighbor is not allowed to spread dioxine over the area by burning PVC in his backyard.

Environmental scientists also help adopting laws so that your kids have a potential and life standard as good as yours by conserving finite resources.