The first law of ecology is that everything is related to everything else.

Quote by Barry Commoner

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It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions.

It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions.

If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking...

If you can see the light at the end of the tunnel, you are looking...

The weapons were conceived and created by a small band of physicists and chemists; they...

The weapons were conceived and created by a small band of physicists and chemists; they...

The wave of new productive enterprises would provide opportunities to remedy the unjust distribution of...

The wave of new productive enterprises would provide opportunities to remedy the unjust distribution of...

After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in...

After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in...

The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.

The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.

The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not...

The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not...

The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after...

The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after...

No action is without its side effects.

No action is without its side effects.

Seen that way, the wholesale transformation of production technologies that is mandated by pollution prevention...

Seen that way, the wholesale transformation of production technologies that is mandated by pollution prevention...

The AEC had at its command an army of highly skilled scientists.

The AEC had at its command an army of highly skilled scientists.

The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry,...

The environmental crisis arises from a fundamental fault: our systems of production - in industry,...

In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were...

In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were...

Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and...

Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and...

Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing...

Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing...

The AEC scientists were so narrowly focused on arming the United States for nuclear war...

The AEC scientists were so narrowly focused on arming the United States for nuclear war...

It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment...

It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment...

What is new is that environmentalism intensely illuminates the need to confront the corporate domain...

What is new is that environmentalism intensely illuminates the need to confront the corporate domain...

What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound...

What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound...

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in...

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in...