Word: environmental
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have consistently under-priced the environment," Holdren said. "The environmental cost has not been factored into the economic spreadsheets...
Other panelists were Veronica Eady, the executive director of Alternatives for Community and Environment, and a member of the board of directors of the Sierra Club; Robert Massie, executive director of the Coalition for Environmentally Responsible Economies; and Michael B. McElroy, Butler professor of environmental studies and chair of the Harvard University Committee on the Environment. Rep. Philip Sharp (D-Ind.) moderated the panel...
In his address, Hayes--who dropped out of Harvard Law School to organize the first Earth Day in 1970--spoke at length about the damage being done to the environment on a global scale.
The four other panelists offered sobering statistics about the state of the environment, and especially focused on the energy problem.
Massie offered steps individual might take to effect change. Shareholders should ask corporations to be more environmentally responsible, and point out that sometimes profits are tied the health of the environment, he said...