环境工业是新现象。它的建立已有好几年的时间,特别是在美国,但到1989年才显示出人们意想不到的规模。在很短的时间内,也就是说在西欧工业和经济史上出现具有决定意义的势头的那几个月内,环境工业(英美称之为“生态企业”或“绿色企业”)出现了。这个新生的部门看来在它出现的时候不像其他部门在形成时那样缓慢和脆弱。相反,它马上就具 Environmental industry is a new phenomenon. It has been around for several years, especially in the United States, but by 1989 it showed an unexpected scale. Within a very short period of time, that is, in the months when decisive momentum emerged in the industrial and economic history of Western Europe, the environmental industry (Anglo-American called “eco-business” or “green business”) emerged. This nascent department does not appear to be as slow and vulnerable as it appeared when it appeared. On the contrary, it is available immediately