No Action Is Without Its Side Effects.

The Modern Assault On The Environment Began About 50 Years Ago, During And Immediately After World War Ii.

The Methods That Epa Introduced After 1970 To Reduce Air-pollutant Emissions Worked For A While, But Over Time Have Become Progressively Less Effective.

Everything Is Connected To Everything Else. Everything Must Go Somewhere. Nature Knows Best. There Is No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.

The Favorite Statistic Is That The U.s. Contains 6 To 7% Of The World Population But Consumes More Than Half The World's Resources And Is Responsible For That Fraction Of The Total Environmental Pollution. But This Statistic Hides Another Vital Fact: That Not Everyone In The U.s. Is So Affluent.

Finally, Since Human Beings Are Uniquely Capable Of Producing Materials Not Found In Nature, Environmental Degradation May Be Due To The Resultant Intrusion Into An Ecosystem Of A Substance Wholly Foreign To It.