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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.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Changes Even Major More Needed Now Production Profound Sweeping Systems Technology Than Transformation War

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What is new is that environmentalism intensely illuminates the need to confront the corporate domain at its most powerful and guarded point - the exclusive right to govern the systems of production.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Confront Corporate Domain Environmentalism Exclusive Govern Guarded Illuminates Intensely Most Most Powerful Need New Point Powerful Production Right Systems

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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.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Among Classes Communities Distribution Economic Enterprises Environmental Ethnic Hazards New Opportunities Productive Provide Racial Remedy Unjust Wave Would

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Nothing ever goes away.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Away Ever Goes Nothing

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No action is without its side effects.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Action Effects Side Without

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When you fully understand the situation, it is worse than you think.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Fully Situation Than Think Understand Worse You

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Nature knows best.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Best Knows Nature

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The major source of photochemical smog - petroleum-fueled vehicles - can be replaced by emission-free electric vehicles.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Electric Major Replaced Source Vehicles

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In certain ways, I'm not very different than I was when I was a teenager.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Certain Different Teenager Than Very Ways

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The real abhorrent consequence of the invention of atomic bombs is the fact that we still have them and they're spreading.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Abhorrent Atomic Bombs Consequence Fact Invention Real Spreading Still Them

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: May 28th, 1917

Died: September 30th, 2012

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