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Climate Quotes by Barack Obama

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A warning about the greatest threat to future generations highlights how the speaker sees climate change as a serious danger. He also links clean energy to jobs, the economy, and national security, saying the United States must lead the shift away from oil. The words stress that renewable power is now affordable and that the country can prosper while protecting the planet.

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We consume about 25 percent of the world's oil. We only have 2 percent of the reserves.

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The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril

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Lets cut in half the energy wasted by our homes and businesses over the next 20 years.

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I will not walk away from the promise of clean energy.

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We will respond to the threat of climate change

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No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.

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A low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come.

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14 of the 15 warmest years on record have all fallen in the first 15 years of this century.

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I believe that the U.S. can and should be a global leader in the development of alternative energy sources...

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I'm about to embark on what may be as important as an initiative as anything I do as President, trying to nudge…

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There is enough oil out there for world demand. It is true that a lot of what's driving oil prices up right…

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Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4…

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Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.

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We need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by ending the subsidies for oil companies, and doubling down on clean energy…

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Any so-called leader who does not take this issue (climate change) seriously or treats it like a joke is not fit to…

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We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than…

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This is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now. Whether it means…

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All across the world, ...increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether…

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Young people: I understand this is important to you, but as you be thinking about climate change, the economy and jobs, war…

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The good news is that the Paris Agreement is not just a bilateral agreement between the United States and some other country.…

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When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed…

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Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008...That’s why, over the past six…

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By some estimates, the oil you recently discovered off the shores of Brazil could amount to twice the reserves we have in…

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We are convinced, as some of you may be convinced, that changing the way we produce and use energy is essential to…

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We need scientists to design new fuels. We need farmers to help grow them. We need engineers to invent new technologies. We…

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Over the past eight years, the United States has worked hard to deepen partnerships across the region and across South-east Asia in…

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If we [American nation] are only thinking about tomorrow or the next day and not thinking about 10 years from now, we're…

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I know that there are those who disagree with the overwhelming scientific evidence on climate change. But here's the thing -- even…

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Today, about 40 percent of America's carbon pollution comes from our power plants. There are no federal limits to the amount those…

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The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how…

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Part of what's unique about climate change, though, is the nature of some of the opposition to action. It's pretty rare that…

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For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change. Now, it's true that no…

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We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories.

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Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008.

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We cannot drill our way out of our addiction to oil.

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We can't just drill our way out of the energy and climate challenge that we face.

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Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket.

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The debate is settled. Climate change is a fact.

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For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change.

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No country can hide from the dangers of carbon pollution

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