The good news about fresh water is that, even after accounting for the larger volume of water that is unavailable to people from the hydrologic cycle, there is enough on a global scale to support current and anticipated populations on… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
One effect of benefit-cost analysis is to give any respectable engineer or economist a means for justifying almost any kind of project the national government wants to justify... Exclusive reliance on benefit-cost analysis has been one of the greatest threats… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
The gap between the rich and poor is growing among and within most nations. The political and social effects of unequal location of energy… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
It would be rash to conclude that, on balance, the environment of the globe as a whole is either deteriorating or improving, or that… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
Floods are 'acts of God,' but flood losses are largely acts of man. — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
Both group effort and individual testimony flow from conviction as to the role of people on earth. In stewardship of the common heritage, a… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
The issue of world environment has a special kind of urgency... The issue is one of rich peoples and poor peoples, of the growing… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
Every intervention of man in the environment around him incurs some risk as to both favorable and unfavorable consequences. Every intervention is taken in… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
The good news about fresh water is that, even after accounting for the larger volume of water that is unavailable to people from the… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
One effect of benefit-cost analysis is to give any respectable engineer or economist a means for justifying almost any kind of project the national… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
We can be confident that action which is in accord with a few basic beliefs cannot be wrong and can at least testify to… — Gilbert F. White Copy Share Image
