To Enforce Environmental Protection Laws Is No Small or Easy

To enforce environmental protection laws is no small or easy matter. The enforcement usually involves

A) the common law tort of nuisance.
B) the responsibility of corporations since they are the major polluters.
C) requiring polluters to refrain from harmful activities, to remedy existing situations, and to pay for the costs of clean- up.
D) where public authorities are over zealous with a wide variety of enforcement mechanisms which they apply abusively.
E) primarily a private matter but where government agencies are empowered to enforce.