“The age of innocent faith in science and technology may be over.”
— Barry Commoner
Author: Barry Commoner
Category: technology
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The age of innocent faith in science
“The age of innocent faith in science and technology may be over.”
— Barry Commoner
Author: Barry Commoner
Category: science
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Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic
“Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline – which prevented it from entering the environment.”
— Barry Commoner
Author: Barry Commoner
Category: environmental
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Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in
“Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.”
— Barry Commoner
Author: Barry Commoner
Category: environmental
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In every case, the environmental hazards were
“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
Author: Barry Commoner
Category: environmental
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What is needed now is a transformation
“What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology.”
— Barry Commoner
Author: Barry Commoner
Category: technology
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The most meaningful engine of change, powerful
“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
Author: Barry Commoner
Category: environmental
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Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It
“Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.”
— Barry Commoner
Author: Barry Commoner
Category: environmental
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Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that
“Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it.”
— Barry Commoner
Author: Barry Commoner
Category: environmental
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The wave of new productive enterprises would
“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
Author: Barry Commoner
Category: environmental
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The weapons were conceived and created by
“The weapons were conceived and created by a small band of physicists and chemists; they remain a cataclysmic threat to the whole of human society and the natural environment.”
— Barry Commoner
Author: Barry Commoner
Category: society
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