Quote by 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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It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance. – Barry Commoner

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Technology
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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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environmental
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We assume that everythings becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense thats true our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has been gained through a massively inefficient use of natural resources. – Paul Hawken

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environmental

Why should we not expect self-designated environmental leaders to practice what they preach? – David Frum

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environmental

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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environmental

Pushing production out of America to nations without our environmental standards increases global environmental risks. – Frank Murkowski

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environmental

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All charming people have something to conceal, usually their total dependence on the appreciation of others. – Cyril Connolly, Enemies of Promise

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