From Eradicating Ecocide by Polly Higgins page 17:
“An international conference [about pollution] was held in 1911 and American reformers joined their British counterparts. Information, reports and scientific data were shared and disseminated. Conversations about strategy, tactics and insights stoked the fire of reform and change.
Industry argued for efficiency and technological fixes. Jevons’ paradox was quietly ignored and engineers were put to the task of researching and inventing more efficient installations.
The government faced two choices: ban the use of coal or impose further restrictions.”
Here we are, exactly 100 years later —
and absolutely nothing has changed.
Get ready for Moving Planet.
September 24, 2011
All over the world.