1999 Earth Day Information Center

 

Earth Day 1999 Fact Sheet

 

Earth Day Reflections

 

• "Bumper sticker slogans - rather than sound science - dominate the environmental debate. We all bear the cost in the form of regulations that don't work, litigation that no one understands, and recurrent crisis that should have been avoided." - Denis Hayes, Executive Director of Earth Day 1970, on the occasion of Earth Day's 25th anniversary.
  
  
• "If current predictions of population growth prove accurate... science and technology may not be able to prevent either irreversible degradation of the environment or continued poverty for much of the world. This sobering observation confronts us with the challenge to significantly reduce population growth in the next few years and achieve population stability before the mid-21st century." - Gaylord Nelson, Earth Day Co-Founder, on the occasion of Earth Day's 25th anniversary
  
  
• "In the early 19th century the planet Earth could sustain only one billion people. Ten thousand years ago, only four million could keep themselves alive. Now, five billion people are living longer and more healthily than ever before. This increase in the world's population represents our triumph over death. I would expect lovers of humanity to jump with joy at this triumph of human mind and organization over the raw forces of nature. But many people lament that there are so many humans alive to enjoy the gift of life." -- the late Dr. Julian Simon, from his book "Scarcity or Abundance? A Debate on the Environment"
  
  
  

 

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