“They have poisoned the Thames and killed the fish in the river. A little further development of the same wisdom and science will complete the poisoning of the air, and kill the dwellers on the banks. I almost think it is the destiny of science to exterminate the human race.” ThinkingHumansLittlesScienceRaceDestinyAirDevelopmentRiversScientistEnvironmentalFishesHuman RacePollutionPoisoningDwellersThames Author:Thomas Love Peacock
“Smog is affecting larger parts of China, and environmental pollution has become a major problem, which is natures red-light warning against the model of inefficient and blind development.” ProblemLightDevelopmentMajorsModelsRedBlindEnvironmentalChinaWarningPollutionMajor ProblemsRed LightsSmogEnvironmental Pollution Author:Li Keqiang
“While the rich reap most of the benefits of technological development, the poor bear an unequal burden of dealing with the consequences of the resulting increased pollution. The poor continue to live in greatest proximity to the sources of pollution, the infrastructure and machinery of industry. They work in the most polluted and physically dangerous workplaces. And these same individuals, living and working closest to the sources of environmental catastrophe, are also the ones most lacking decent health care.” CareIndividualPoorRichDangerousSourceDevelopmentIndustryBearsBenefitsConsequenceEnvironmentalBurdenHealth CareDecentPollutionClosestLackingTechnologicalWorkplaceCatastropheInfrastructureMachineryReapProximityTechnological Development Author:James H. Cone
“Who would have predicted a century ago that the richest civilizations in history would be made up of polluted tracts of suburban development dominated by the private automobile, shopping malls, and a throwaway economy? Surely, this is not the ultimate fulfillment of our destiny.” MadeWould BeDestinyEconomyCenturyDevelopmentCivilizationUltimateEnvironmentalFulfillmentShoppingPollutionOur DestinyAutomobileMalls Author:Alan Thein Durning
“Every one of you sitting here today is carrying at least 500 measurable chemicals in your body that were never in anybody's body before the 1920s... We have dusted the globe with man-made chemicals that can undermine the development of the brain and behavior, and the endocrine, immune and reproductive systems, vital systems that assure perpetuity... Everyone is exposed.” MenMadeBodyTodayBrainDevelopmentBehaviorSittingEnvironmentalYour BodyChemicalsExposedPollutionGlobesImmune Author:Theo Colborn
“I hope a start at getting some oil out of the enormous Alaska field isn't indefinitely mired in a bureaucratic morass as a result of our national concern for the ecology. This concern must not be so misguided, misdirected, misused that it serves to stop economic growth, to bankrupt companies, to stifle new development, new jobs, new horizons. In fighting new pollution and stemming present pollution, exciting, sometimes costly means and methods exist and others will evolve. But blanket legislative naysaying to expanding power and energy sources is stupid, self-defeating.” MeanSelfSometimesJobsFightingEnergyGrowthNatureResultsCompanyEconomicStupidFieldsSourceDevelopmentConcernExcitingMethodOilEnormousEvolveHorizonPollutionEcologyExpandingEconomic GrowthBlanketAlaskaMisguidedNew JobEnergy SourcesMisusedNew Horizons Author:Malcolm Forbes