Barry Commoner, Pioneering Environmental Scientist and Activist, Dies at 95
Barry Commoner, a pioneering environmental scientist and activist, died Sunday at age 95.
Described in 1970 by Time magazine as the "Paul Revere of
ecology," Commoner followed Rachel Carson as America's most prominent
modern environmentalist. He viewed the environmental crisis as a symptom
of a fundamentally flawed economic and social system. A biologist and
research scientist, he argued that corporate greed, misguided government
priorities, and the misuse of technology undermined "the finely
sculptured fit between life and its surroundings."
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