If environmentalism is a fad, it will be the last one.

Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art.

The methods that EPA introduced after 1970 to reduce air-pollutant emissions worked for a while, but over time have become progressively less effective.

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

Technologists practice faith too; 'Faith that problems have solutions before having the knowledge to solve them.'

The AEC had at its command an army of highly skilled scientists.

For that reason the simple test of the slogan 'Consume Less' as a basis for social action on the environment would be to tell it to the blacks in the ghetto. The message will not be very well received for there are many people in this country who consume less than is needed to sustain a decent life.