“I saw that there was nothing to stop me from trying to think about our total planet Earth and thinking realistically about how to operate it on an enduringly sustainable basis as the magnificent human-passengered spaceship that it is.” - Buckminster Fuller

Union of Concerned Scientists asked its subscribers to choose the entry that best depicted the ways that special interests confuse the public and policy makers about scientific issues, delaying governmental action that would protect public health and the environment.

Nearly 17,000 UCS supporters answered the call. And in the end, John Klossner of South Berwick, Maine, won by just 111 votes with this entry.

“The endangered sea turtles are being threatened by the large mass of consumers’ plastic that is rapidly accumulating in our oceans. If we don’t start taking action, there will be more plastic than turtle in our seas.”

No More Coal!

Fred S. Weiss