A clean, safe environment for all is blocked by profit demands of a few By Alan Bradshaw Many times the interests of special groups clash with the common good. Such is the case with air pollution.
Clean air is a good for everyone.
To get it we must cut down on the use of oil and coal, among other products causing pollution. But as with the case of the tobacco industry, the oil, coal and auto industries have opposed any reduction of their sales. They have the motive, power and money to fight environmental protection regardless of the common good. The case against air polution, especially greenhouse gases, is clear. Practically all scientists accept the fact that greenhouse gases are increasing in the atmosphere.