Quote by Barry Commoner
The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, du

The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. – Barry Commoner

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The wave of new productive enterprises would provide opportunities to remedy the unjust distribution of environmental hazards among economic classes and racial and ethnic communities. – Barry Commoner

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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

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Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it. – Barry Commoner

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Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nations standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father. – Jim Jeffords

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Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that dont stop at a nations borders. – Warren Christopher

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Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know its a challenge to the moral imagination. – Al Gore

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Time after time were told corporations should have freedom from pesky job safety regulations, environmental protections and labor standards – giving working people the freedom to be crushed in collapsing mines, choke on filthy air and get paid too little to live on. – Richard Trumka

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