In 1962, a dying Rachel Carson published a book that forever defined the tension between economic freedom and environmental responsibility, a legacy that we overlook at our peril.
Organizations: | National Pollutant Release Inventory and US Environmental Protection Agency |
People: | Charles Darwin, David Attenborough, J. Gordon Edwards, John F. Kennedy, and Rachel Carson |
Topics: | DDT, environmental policy, neonicotinoids, Origin of Species, pesticides, and Silent Spring |