By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.
I'd say that animal rights and environmental issues have always been at the forefront of my mind.
Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught.
I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.
People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves.
It is not rational, never mind 'appropriate,' to impose billions of dollars in economic costs in return for a few dollars in health or environmental benefits.
The language 'It's too late' is very unsuitable for most environmental issues. It's too late for the dodo and for people who've starved to death already, but it's not too late to prevent an even bigge...
We have enslaved the rest of the animal creation, and have treated our distant cousins in fur and feathers so badly that beyond doubt, if they were able to formulate a religion, they would depict the...
I tell my environmental friends that they have won. Every issue we look at from an energy perspective is now also looked at from an environmental perspective.
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.
All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies.
The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.
By polluting clear water with slime you will never find good drinking water.
Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to die...
I'm sad that it's uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues.
Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can't separate the impact on the environment from the impact on our families and communities.
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.
You cannot achieve environmental security and human development without addressing the basic issues of health and nutrition.
I really believe in the environmental movement right now - it only takes a little effort to make a big difference.
We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.