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" All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies. "
David Attenborough
Hope
Say
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" In May 2007, congressional Democrats and the Bush administration agreed to a plan to include environmental and international labor standards in upcoming trade agreements. "
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" Mankind has probably done more damage to the Earth in the 20th century than in all of previous human history. "
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" From a planning perspective, economic degradation begets environmental degradation, which begets social degradation. "
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" All living beings, not just animals, but plants and microorganisms, perceive. To survive, an organic being must perceive - it must seek, or at least recognize, food and avoid environmental danger. "
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