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contender for the U.S. presidency noted that the state's environment continues to be threatened by acid rain, groundwater contamination by toxic chemicals and other pollutants, and solid waste, which keeps increasing while disposal options decrease. And maybe most alarming of all, Robb said, “scientists are now telling us that man-made chemicals are depleting the earth’s ozone layer at a much faster rate" than previously thought.
In the past, environmental protection strategies focused on the major industrial and municipal dischargers of contaminants, which are easier to identify and control; now. however, “we can no longer address solely the big polluters," Robb said. As an example, he noted that automobiles and commonly used
household and consumer products contribute heavily to pollutiqp problems. “We have met the enemy and he is us," Robb said, quoting Walt Kelly’s comic strip character, Pogo. Accordingly, today’s “environmentalism also means changing individual practices and attitudes."
"As the problems grow more complex, the solutions get even murkier," Robb continued; But fortunately, public awareness is greater and public opinion is strongly in favor of environmental protection, he added.
“We abuse the land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land as a commodity to which we belong, we may begin to use it with love and respect,” Robb said, this time quoting environmentalist Aldo Leopold. Only if air, soil, and water are protected “is man going to be able to survive”; if natural resources are not guarded against abuse, “our generation will have sold its birthright,” he concluded.
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