The society is more unequal today than at any point since the industrial revolution. Also, environmental degradation is doing harm to the entire human well-being and even the next several generations. With the aim of analyzing income inequality and environmental problems in depth as well as to propose some valid policy recommendations, this paper will argue that the rising income inequality will inevitably exacerbate environmental problems, and different perspectives stated by Ravallion and Stiglitz will be mentioned and analyzed as proofs.