What we know is that the environmental movement had a series of dazzling victories in the late '60s and in the '70s where the whole legal framework for responding to pollution and to protecting wildlife came into law. It was just victory after victory after victory. And these were what came to be called 'command-and-control' pieces of legislation.
Copy QuoteNever doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Copy Quote View & ShareSooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans.
Copy Quote View & ShareWater and air, the two essential fluids on which all life depends, have become global garbage cans.
Copy Quote View & ShareWe're running the most dangerous experiment in history right now, which is to see how much carbon dioxide the atmosphere... can handle before there is an environmental catastrophe.
Copy Quote View & ShareWhen we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it hitched to everything else in the universe.
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