What I have experienced over time is that environmental problems are easier to deal with in ways that dont go into their interconnections to the rest of what we are. – Barry Commoner

My entry into the environmental arena was through the issue that so dramatically – and destructively – demonstrates the link between science and social action: nuclear weapons. – Barry Commoner

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