"The environmental crisis is somber evidence of an……" — Barry Commoner
"The environmental crisis is somber evidence of an insidious fraud hidden in the vaunted productivity and wealth of modern, technology-based society. This wealth has been gained by rapid short-term exploitation of the environmental system, but it has blindly accumulated a debt to nature-a debt so large and so pervasive that in the next generation it may, if unpaid, wipe out most of the wealth it has gained us."
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The proper use of science is not to conquer nature but to live in it.
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When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.
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Recycling is a good thing to do. It makes people feel good to do it. The thing I want to…
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Everything is connected to everything else. Everything must go somewhere. Nature knows best. There is no such thing as a…
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We are in an environmental crisis which threatens the survival of this nation, and of the world as a suitable…
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In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were often bitterly opposed by the…
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If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the…
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By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.
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After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a…
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Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which…
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