Abstract: The purpose of this study are: a) to know and understand the nature of local government in controlling pollution and / or destruction of the environment; b) To know and understand the relationship Government Authority and Local Government Impact Pollution Control and / or destruction of the environment; and c) to know and understand the factors that influence the effectiveness of pollution control Upper and / or Destruction of the Environment in the city of Manado. To achieve the research objectives, the type of research is a normative-empirical research are presented and processed qualitatively using deductive argument. The results showed that the government and local authorities not to apply the principles of the protection of the public on pollution and / or destruction of the environment in accordance governance rules of good environmental governance, regulation and local government affairs division in the field of the environment is still not mandatory that basic services are not fully materialize principles of autonomy and licensing business or activity between provinces and local districts / cities do not reflect the arrangement of public space, industrial and residential.