Barry Commoner, pillar of environmental movement, dies at 95
Tuesday, October 2, 2012 - 01:01
in Earth & Climate
Commoner, a biologist, campaigned for a nuclear test ban treaty in the '60s and linked environmental problems to technological advances. He ran for president in 1980.Barry Commoner, a scientist-activist whose ability to identify and explain complex ecological crises and advocate radical solutions made him a pillar of the environmental movement, died of natural causes Sunday in New York City. He was 95.