The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But America cannot resist this transition, we must lead it. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Those who are already feeling the effects of climate change don't have time to deny it - they're busy dealing with it. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
It's not a choice between our environment and our economy; it's a choice between prosperity and decline. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The science [of global warming] is beyond dispute... Delay is no longer an option. Denial is no longer an acceptable response — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There are folks who will equivocate. They'll say, 'You know, I'm not a scientist.' Well, I'm not either. But the best scientists… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
...this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal... — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
That bright blue ball rising over the moon's surface, containing everything we hold dear - the laughter of children, a quiet sunset,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The old rules may say we can't protect our environment and promote economic growth at the same time, but in America, we've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today we're seeing that climate change is about more than a few unseasonably mild winters or hot summers. It's about the chain… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As the world's largest economy and second-largest carbon emitter, as a country with unsurpassed ability to drive innovation and scientific breakthroughs, as… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
By hook or by crook, we're going to make sure that when I leave this office, that the country is more prosperous,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We're making new investments in the development of gasoline and diesel and jet fuel that's actually made from a plant-like substance-algae...we could… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Here's the truth: even if countries like the United States curb our emissions, if growing countries like India - with soaring energy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
First, how do we give everyone a fair shot at opportunity and security in this new economy? Second, how do we make… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Now, as the world's largest economy and as the world's second largest emitter, America bears our responsibility to address climate change, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have to all shoulder the responsibility for keeping the planet habitable, or we're going to suffer the consequences - together. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I hope we can all agree that, instead of continuing to subsidize yesterday's energy sources. We need to invest in tomorrow's. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We want our children to live in an America that isn't burdened by debt, that isn't weakened by inequality, that isn't threatened… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels... we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security, an immediate risk to our national security, and, make no mistake, it will… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We want our children to live in an America...that isn't threatened by the destructive power of a warming planet. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
While we may not live to see the full realization of our ambition, we will have the satisfaction of knowing that the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The shift to a cleaner energy economy wont happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., that there is such a thing as being too late, and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are willing to uphold principles that have resulted in unprecedented prosperity and security throughout Europe and around the world. With the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The biggest threat, when it comes to climate change and pollution, isn't going to come from us because we only have 300… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And to those nations like ours that enjoy relative plenty, we say we can no longer afford indifference to the suffering outside… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline and diesel and jet fuel that’s actually made from a plant-like substance-algae... We… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
You are part of the first generation of officers to begin your service in a world where the effects of climate change… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've taken bold action at home by making historic investments in renewable energy, by putting our people to work increasing efficiency in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
And yes, my plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet - because climate change is not… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share
What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will… — Barack Obama Copy Share
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share
We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was. — Barack Obama Copy Share
It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share
Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us… — Barack Obama Copy Share