When I advocated for the clean air act (of 1970).... my ancient grand father took me aside and pointed out that never before in his long life had he breathed such clean air. Nor had he even imagined such clean drinking water. This was in the late sixty's.... and todays water and air is even cleaner today than back then.

Efforts at the base level of the environmental movement.... population control. Are on the very verge of a realization of those efforts. As the boomer generation dies off..... the planet will be over-resourced.

Out grandkids will be fine. The grandkids, of our grandkids will be fine. Long after our species become extinct (as ALL species do)... the planet will be just fine. Then the sun will go red dwarf..... well that's a whole different story. No amount of recycle/repair will fix that.