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The Archdruid Persists

November 29, 1995

Do you think Americans are as anti-environmental as Congress?
How can we reduce the potential damage of the salvage lumber bill?
Would you pay polluters not to pollute?
How do we get these guys to realize it's their environment too?
How do you see the fight for the environment playing out?
I want to be an environmental leader. How should I start?
How can I--a single, working student--assist in the effort?

Would you pay polluters not to pollute?
Question: Would you pay polluters not to pollute?

Joe Luczkovich
cmluczko@ecuvm.cis.ecu.edu
Wilson, NC

David Brower (257K WAV): Well I suppose that's an interim stage. I'd rather put them in jail. But I guess if you pay them not to, maybe they'd find it profitable to reform. But what I'd rather do is show examples of the people who have found out how not to pollute and make more money because they found out how to do things right. The 3M company is one such entity. And this is written about in Paul Hawken's book The Ecology of Commerce. I recommend that book.

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