Lust and greed for power in An Enemy of the People

Lust and greed for power may lead to environmental degradation,” Discuss with illustrations from Henrik Ibsen's 'An Enemy of the People'
In an attempt to enrich oneself or remain in power or in business, man has done several activities that are
destructive to the environment for example in the play, an Enemy of the People several activities although gainful destroy the water system of the town.  
                 
Officials in the town would like to remain in power. Dr. Stockmann has scientific proof that the water system of the town is polluted and the situation should be corrected but Peter Stockmann sees this as a threat to his leadership and will have nothing to do with that.
-    Collection of revenue. Officials collect revenue from the baths for individual gains and are reluctant to take suggestions meant to rectify the degradation.
-    Gains from tourism. Should the baths be closed down even for repairs, the tourists would stop coming and this would affect the income they generate. The town’s officials are unsupportive to suggestions on closure of the Baths,
-    Investors: investors like Morten Kiil whose firms are polluting the water do not want them rectified or admit liability as they stand to lose profit/
-    Cost of repair: correcting the degradation involves relaying the conduit pipes and would cost a lot of money. For that reason, the mayor and his gangs are unwilling to have the situation remedied.
Businessmen won’t risk losing business. Although initially Hovstad wanted change when he discovers what may happen if the Baths condition is to be remedied he changes otherwise his paper may lose popularity and then he would be out of business