The exterminators of the Planet
Lowrence Summers
Economist 1991
International agreements to preserve
the environment not complied with
Richer countries
pollute more
Companies that pollute most,
earn the most
If we are all responsible
then no one is
Nuclear energy
Petroleum
Biotechnology
Weapons
Steel
Aluminum
Automobiles
World Environment
Commission 1987
It takes 10 planets like this so that poor countries could consume as much as the rich do.
Fastest climatic changes in the last 10,000 years
Migration of dirty industries and toxic waste to less developed countries
Large uncontaminated
spaces
United Nations
5 years later
Tropical forests
destroyed
Fertile lands that
became arid
2500 species of extinct
plants and animals
1,300,000,000 people
without food
25,000 deaths a day from drinking intoxicated water
