Barry Commoner (May 28, 1917 – September 30, 2012) was an American biologist, college professor, and politician.
The wave of new productive enterprises would provide opportunities to remedy the unjust distribution of environmental hazards among economic classes and racial and ethnic communities. Use this quote
The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it. Use this quote
Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented. Use this quote
What I have experienced over time is that environmental problems are easier to deal with in ways that don't go into their interconnections to the rest of what we are. Use this quote
As the earth spins through space, a view from above the North Pole would encompass most of the wealth of the world - most of its food, productive machines, doctors, engineers and teachers. A view from the opposite pole would encompass most of the world's poor. Use this quote
The weapons were conceived and created by a small band of physicists and chemists; they remain a cataclysmic threat to the whole of human society and the natural environment. Use this quote
It reflects a prevailing myth that production technology is no more amenable to human judgment or social interests than the laws of thermodynamics, atomic structure or biological inheritance. Use this quote
What is needed now is a transformation of the major systems of production more profound than even the sweeping post-World War II changes in production technology. Use this quote
World War II had a very important impact on the development of technology, as a whole. Use this quote
The AEC scientists were so narrowly focused on arming the United States for nuclear war that they failed to perceive facts - even widely known ones - that were outside their limited field of vision. Use this quote
