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Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic acti

Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline – which prevented it from entering the environment. – Barry Commoner

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What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology. – Barry Commoner

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In every case, the environmental hazards were made known only by independent scientists, who were often bitterly opposed by the corporations responsible for the hazards. – Barry Commoner

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No one does a better, cleaner, or environmental friendlier, than the United States, when it comes to drilling for oil, gas, coal, oil refineries and fish friendly hydroelectric. – David Pratt

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I dont think its too hippie to want to clean up the planet so you dont wind up dying of some kind of cancer when youre 45 years old. It enrages me that these big cancer-research organizations cant be bothered to man the front lines of environmental protest. – Jello Biafra

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There has been a banking crisis, a financial crisis, an economic crisis, a social crisis, a geostrategic crisis and an environmental crisis. Thats considerable in a country thats used to being protected. – Jean-Francois Cope

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At Current, television is all we do – thats our business. We dont have amusement parks I have to worry about, we dont have environmental cases against us, we dont have a series of outdoor-advertising companies. – Keith Olbermann

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