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

No action is without its side effects.

The environmental crisis is a signal of this approaching catastrophe.

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

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

I see no reason to have my shirts ironed. It's irrational.

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.