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In <JMC.96Jan9081728@Steam.stanford.edu> jmc@Steam.stanford.edu (John
McCarthy) writes: 
>

>The on-line magazine _Consequences_
>http://www.gcrio.org/CONSEQUENCES/introCON.html
> has an article in its Autumn 1995
>issue entitled "The Environment Since 1970"
>
>by Jesse H. Ausubel, David
>G. Victor, and Iddo K. Wernik. It gives an account of what has gotten
>worse and what has gotten better in the U.S. and the world since 1970.
>The summary says
>http://www.gcrio.org/CONSEQUENCES/fall95/envir.html
>
>     Much has changed in the environment and how it is managed in
>     the quarter century since the first Earth Day in April of
>     1970. Environmental awareness has undeniably increased, and
>     while progress has been uneven, both in the U.S. and among
>     other countries of the world, a number of indicators show
>     marked improvement.
>
Thanks for giving the reference. A key word here is uneven. For
example, we are not close to solving our CO2 problem, the number of
species on earth is decreasing, etc. In their conclusions they include
these two sentences:

      Keeping pace with environmental degradation may become more
      difficult. Rising consumption and population growth continue
      to offset efficiency gains such that in many cases and places
      environmental burdens continue to increase.

Marty Bernard