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Part IV: Business and Society

The economic implications of environmental problems have

been key issues throughout the history of environmentalism.

Michael Silverstein argues that environment and economic goals

are not irreconcilable.

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He cites historical evidence dating back

to the Industrial Revolution demonstrating that business and

environmentalists are not inherently in confl ict as they are often

perceived to be. The principles of industrial resource use and

environmental conservation, he argues, are compatible in that each

focuses on sustainability.

While activists have done much to publicize environmental

problems, disasters ...