Quote by Barry Commoner
The most meaningful engine of change, powerful enough to confront

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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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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environmental
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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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environmental
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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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In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution, has been cut by more than half since 1955, rivers and coastal waters have dramatically improved, and forests are increasing. – Bjorn Lomborg

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environmental

In todays world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate – and even thrive – in an environmentally-friendly manner. – Olympia Snowe

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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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environmental

If there are more and more environmental refugees, they are going to end up on your doorstep too. – Nina Fedoroff

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environmental

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