I sort of kept my hand in writing and went to work for the Sierra Club in '52, walked the plank there in '69, founded Friends of the Earth and the League of Conservation Voters after that.

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The risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should...

The risk presented by these lethal wastes is like no other risk, and we should...

It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out...

It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out...

What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or...

What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or...

The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and,...

The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and,...

Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep...

Understanding how DNA transmits all it knows about cancer, physics, dreaming and love will keep...

It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.

It's like turning the space program over to the Long Island Railroad.

Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or...

Perhaps we'll realize that each of us has not one vote but ten thousand or...

I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited...

I will say this, - though: If it is true that fusion will put unlimited...

We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the...

We've pumped waste into cavities in solid rock and found that it spread through the...

When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that...

When people say, 'You're not being realistic,' they're just trying to tag some thoughts that...

There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No...

There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No...

We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.

We are at the edge of an abyss and we're close to being irrevocably lost.

We've got to search back to our last known safe landmark. I can't say exactly...

We've got to search back to our last known safe landmark. I can't say exactly...

The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer...

The more we pour the big machines, the fuel, the pesticides, the herbicides, the fertilizer...

A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club...

A great deal of pressure was then built up to remove me from the club...

Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and...

Even if you build the perfect reactor, you're still saddled with a people problem and...

Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're...

Yet another proposal would have us rocket the waste into the sun, but, as you're...

What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the...

What's even more unsettling is the way these people hide what they're doing from the...

Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom.

Until four years ago, in fact, I was absolutely in love with the atom.

I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal,...

I believe that the average guy in the street will give up a great deal,...