#environmental

Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have? ↗

— Jane Goodall

#environmentalism #nature #preservation #nature

One of the striking things about places heavily contaminated by radioactive nuclides is the richness of their wildlife. This is true of the land around Chernobyl, the bomb test sites of the Pacific, and areas near the United States’ Savannah River nuclear weapons plant of the Second World War. Wild plants and animals do not perceive radiation as dangerous, and any slight reduction it may cause in their lifespans is far less a hazard than is the presence of people and their pets. ↗

— James Lovelock

#environmentalism

Perhaps our and Gaia’s greatest error was the conscious abuse of fire. Cooking meat over a wood fire may have been acceptable, but the deliberate destruction of whole ecosystems by fire merely to drive out the animals within was surely our first great sin against the living Earth. It has haunted us ever since and combustion could now be our auto da fé, and the cause of our extinction. ↗

— James Lovelock

#environmentalism

Cutting a tree down doesn't kill it; it erases it from history. ↗

— The Wombat

#true #environmentalism

I don't think it's too hippie to want to clean up the planet so you don't wind up dying of some kind of cancer when you're 45 years old. It enrages me that these big cancer-research organizations can't be bothered to man the front lines of environmental protest. ↗

— Jello Biafra

#bothered #cancer #clean #clean up #dying

Environmental degradation, overpopulation, refugees, narcotics, terrorism, world crime movements, and organized crime are worldwide problems that don't stop at a nation's borders. ↗

— Warren Christopher

#borders #crime #degradation #movements #narcotics

By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth. ↗

— Barry Commoner

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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

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The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it. ↗

— Barry Commoner

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The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. ↗

— Barry Commoner

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