Quote by Barry Commoner
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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Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law in journalism, literature and art. – Barry Commoner

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As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world – most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the worlds poor. – Barry Commoner

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The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront corporate power, may be not so much environmental quality, as the economic development and growth associated with the effort to improve it. – Barry Commoner

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A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic. – E. O. Wilson

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This Nation has realized significant environmental improvements over the last three decades. – Jerry Costello

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Under the Environmental Protection Agencys Energy Star Program, homes are independently verified to be measurably more energy efficient than average houses. – Melissa Bean

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By adopting the control strategy, the nations environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth. – Barry Commoner

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