Barry Commoner
Barry Commoner
Barry Commonerwas an American biologist, college professor, and politician. He was a leading ecologist and among the founders of the modern environmental movement. He ran for president of the United States in the 1980 U.S. presidential election on the Citizens Party ticket. He served as editor of Science Illustrated magazine...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth28 May 1917
CountryUnited States of America
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Nothing ever goes away.
environmental action problem
The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it.
planets cooperatives
Nothing can survive on the planet unless it is a cooperative part of larger global life.
modern apprentice
The modern technologist is less 'sorcerer' and more 'sorcerer's apprentice'.
meaningful believe impact
Perhaps one of the most meaningful ways to sense the impact of the environmental crisis is to confront the question which is always asked about Lake Erie: how can we restore it? I believe the only valid answer is that no one knows. For it should be clear that even if overnight all of the pollutants now pouring into Lake Erie were stopped, there would still remain the problem of the accumulated mass of pollutants in the lake bottom.
technology prevention way
Seen that way, the wholesale transformation of production technologies that is mandated by pollution prevention creates a new surge of economic development.
zero impossible approach
It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions.
war technology impact
World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole.
independent environmental corporations
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.
agriculture answers way
If you ask what you are going to do about global warming, the only rational answer is to change the way in which we do transportation, energy production, agriculture and a good deal of manufacturing. The problem originates in human activity in the form of the production of goods.
environmental-quality growth strategy
By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.
children economic child-labor
After all, despite the economic advantage to firms that employed child labor, it was in the social interest, as a national policy, to abolish it - removing that advantage for all firms.
reason shirts irrational
I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational.
firefighter people earth-day
Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it.