My plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet because climate change is not a hoax. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We're showing that there's no excuse for other nations to come together, both developed and developing, to achieve a strong global climate… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Climate change is one of the issues I worry most about because its impacts are enormous. But they're gradual, they're not immediate. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The path towards sustainable energy sources will be long...but America cannot resist this transition; we must lead it. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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
I strongly agree with Vice President Gore that we cannot drill our way to energy independence, but must fast-track investments in renewable… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. . . . Because I'm capping greenhouse gases,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
With only 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, oil isn't enough. This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In sectors like energy, I haven't been arguing for more spending per se; I've been arguing that it doesn't make sense for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times...… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The more we are using clean energy, renewable energy sources, the less environmentally problematic facilities end up being a problem for everybody,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When Americans are called on to innovate, that's what we do - whether it's making more fuel-efficient cars or more fuel-efficient appliances,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I've always viewed the Paris Agreement as a starting point. If you look at all the commitments that have been made by… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
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
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
Look, first of all, the climate is changing. I don't think the science is clear what percentage is man-made and what percentage… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Yes, this is hard. But there should be no question that the United States of America is stepping up to the plate.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Today, the United States of America is less dependent on foreign oil than at any time in the last two decades. — 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
We've got to identify new strategies to use cleaner energy, because that is a recipe for reducing the overall amount of pollution… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Global warming is not just the greatest environmental challenge facing our planet - it is one of our greatest challenges of any… — 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
If there's one thing I would like to see, it'd be for us to be able to price the cost of carbon… — 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
Im also issuing a new goal for America: lets cut in half the energy wasted by our homes & businesses over the… — 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
I want to control our own energy by developing oil and natural gas but also the energy sources of the future. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
What the Paris agreement now does is say to China and India and other countries that are potentially polluting, come on board.… — 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
Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought,… — 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
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