But without any penalties, the incentive for every government agency is to continue to break the law until they're caught and prosecuted and there's a judgment against them. In other words, there is now a definite economic incentive for government agencies not to comply with the law until they're forced to. We literally end up having to sue every single agency for every single facility that violates the law. Despite these obstacles, you're going to continue your efforts. The Hudson is my backyard, and the primary obligation of anyone in the environmental community is to clean up his or her own backyard first.
Global reform starts with local reform.
So there's an ethical obligation to focus first on my own backyard. But beyond that, I just love the Hudson River.