Under the Clean Water Act, the federal government has jurisdiction over navigable waters - defined as the 'waters of the United States.'… — Andrew R. Wheeler Copy Share Image
“Almost three billion people live on less than two dollars a day, adjusted for purchasing power.5 Eight hundred and forty million people… — William Easterly Copy Share Image
I'm going to guess Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, all want clean air to breathe and clean water to drink. I'm… — Michael Moore Copy Share Image
“Before he had come to the town he had known about nothing but death: here he had learnt to live, to decide… — Anne Holm Copy Share Image
... freedom translates into having a supply of clean water, having electricity on tap; being able to live in a decent home… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
Sometimes the lack of substantive freedoms relates directly to economic poverty, which robs people of the freedom to satisfy hunger; or to… — Amartya Sen Copy Share Image
I started off with a company, InfoSpace, with my own funding. The company was listed among the most successful companies and I… — Naveen Jain Copy Share Image
“LOOK AROUND. GAME DEAD, RIVERS BLACK, LAND CHOKED WITH WEED. SKIES BLEEDING, RED AS BLOOD. FOR WHAT? YOUR KIND ARE BLIND. YOU… — Jay Kristoff Copy Share Image
The Safe Drinking Water Act, the safety provisions of the Clean Water Acts, the Clean Air Act, the Superfund Law - the… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
“I will sprinkle clean water on you, and you shall be clean from all your uncleanness, and from all your idols I… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
A child gets a fever in the United States and it's high enough and sustainable enough, all of us can bring a… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
The clearest evidence that we are living beyond environmental means is the threat of dangerous climate change. The scale of this threat,… — David Miliband Copy Share Image
We're not going to cure terrorism and spread peace and goodwill in the Middle East by killing innocent people, or I'm not… — Cindy Sheehan Copy Share Image
There's no doubt in my mind, though, that the Iraqi people would be better off with a different leader who did not… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
... laws governing pollution tend to move pollutants from one medium to another. So, for example, we scrub SO2 from power plants… — David W. Orr Copy Share Image
It's hard for me to believe that just my words on the page are enough. I ought to be out physically keeping… — Sara Paretsky Copy Share Image
“The Cantii, like most of the tribes of Prydain, had always kept slaves. We bought and sold them the same way as… — Lesley Livingston Copy Share Image
“I have no way of knowing whether you, who eventually will read this record, like stories or not. If you do not,… — Gene Wolfe Copy Share Image
I couldn't help but be struck that this guy I had thought was the embodiment of everything wrong with American politics, a… — Harry Shearer Copy Share Image
Children die day by day. They starve. Get abused. Die. People fight cancer weeks on end. They fight. They fight. They fight.… — Amber Hope Copy Share Image
One thing the humanitarian world doesn't do well is marketing. As a journalist, I get pitched every day by companies that have… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, no amount of investing, no amount of clean electrons, no amount of energy efficiency will save… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Poverty feeds into the clean-water crisis, which contributes to hunger, and so on. There's undeniable interconnectivity among these issues. Just one of… — Matt Damon Copy Share Image
“for hospitals, physicians, medications, and diagnostic testing yet skimp in broad areas that are central to health, such as housing, clean water,… — Elizabeth H. Bradley Copy Share Image
I think the more prominent the actual product in its raw nature is to its final consumer, the more sympathy and likelihood… — Mario Batali Copy Share Image
There is one, and only one solution, and we have almost no time to try it. We must turn all our resources… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
I've been around water my whole life, so I basically really learned at a young age the importance of it but also… — Michael Phelps Copy Share Image
When I'm talking about a developing world, I also look at clean-water access - women who are more vulnerable to sexual violence… — Sophia Bush Copy Share Image
I remember when you couldnt even mention environmental issues without a snicker. But then in the 70s people got tired of seeing… — Senator John Kerry Copy Share Image
The British use a system where the profits a corporation reports to shareholders is what they pay taxes on. Whereas in America… — David Cay Johnston Copy Share Image
Environmentalism is not an upper-income issue, it's not a white issue, it's not a black issue, it's not a South or a… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Where does rain come from? It comes from all the dirty water that evaporates from the earth, like urine and the water… — Ajahn Chah Copy Share Image
Catch! calls the Once-ler. He lets something fall. It's a Truffula Seed. It's the last one of all! You're in charge of… — Dr. Seuss Copy Share Image
Can we afford clean water? Can we afford rivers and lakes and streams and oceans which continue to make possible life on… — Edmund Muskie Copy Share Image
When men and women, boys and girls, are denied the right to education, the right to own land, the access to basic… — Winnie Byanyima Copy Share Image
“I touched my scalp where Sula had wrapped the cloth. It still burned, but it made me feel important. I'd been wounded… — Cameron Stracher Copy Share Image
