Prometheus Bound (Thomas Cole) Prometheus Bound (Thomas Cole) Prometheus Bound is an 1847 oil painting by American artist Thomas Cole. "Prometheus Bound" is one of Cole's largest paintings, and like his other major works of the 1840s it was not the result of a commission. It draws from the ancient Greek tragedy "Prometheus Bound" by Aeschylus. In the painting, Prometheus is chained to a rock on Mount Caucasus in Scythia. Zeus has punished him for endowing humans with life, knowledge, and specifically for giving humans fire. Each day a raptor comes to feed on Prometheus's liver, which regrows between visits, making Zeus's punishment even
Race to the bottom environmental politics allows states to foster economic growth, but has great consequences for the environment of that state. Conversely, some states have begun to pursue a race to the top strategy, which stresses innovative environmental policies at the state level, with the hopes that these policies will later be adopted by other states. When a state pursues either a race to the bottom or a race to the top strategy, it speaks to its overall environmental agenda. Race to the bottom The race to the bottom is a socio-economic phrase which is used to describe government deregulation of the business