We've made some heroic efforts, but the Earth as a whole is in worse shape today than 30 years ago, ... There's… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
The world is very disparate, in terms of the US using the most energy per person, and then the other rich countries… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Enlightened self-interest from those involved in hydrocarbons should lead to the support of technologies enabling the clean use of hydrocarbons, such as… — Nicholas Stern Copy Share Image
The forces that are in play on climate change essentially revolve around the generation of power, the transportation of goods and services… — Peter Garrett Copy Share Image
The poorest Americans use three time the energy as the percentage of their income as the average American does. This is going… — Charles Koch Copy Share Image
Every day, it seems, a new extreme weather catastrophe happens somewhere in America, and the medias all over it, profiling the ordinary… — Jane Velez-Mitchell Copy Share Image
But one must say clearly that we redistribute de facto the world's wealth by climate policy...One has to free oneself from the… — Ottmar Edenhofer Copy Share Image
The ocean is the grand vehicle of trade, and the uniter of distant nations. To us it is peculiarly kind, not only… — James Hervey Copy Share Image
The destruction of the environment, its improper or selfish use, and the violent hoarding of the Earth's resources cause grievances, conflicts and… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The unmistakable lesson is that such is the myopic zealotry of environmentalists like Obama that they would implement policies virtually guaranteed to… — David Limbaugh 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
Is the warming unprecedented? Probably not. There is abundant historical and proxy evidence for both hotter and cooler periods in human history.… — Don Aitkin Copy Share Image
There are a lot of problems in the world, a lot of tragic things that have to be addressed, economic, medical, political,… — Dean Stockwell Copy Share Image
Immense deposits of kimmeridge clay, containing the oil-bearing bands or seams, stretch across England from Dorsetshire to Lincolnshire. [An early political recognition… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
In the scientific community, the debate is over, for all intents and purposes, about whether or not the planet is heating and… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
In a world of increasing interdependence, energy security will depend much on how countries manage their relations with one another. That is… — Daniel Yergin Copy Share Image
Dealing with global warming doesn't mean we have all got to suddenly stop breathing. Dealing with global warming means that we have… — David Attenborough Copy Share Image
I learned about coal ash, which is the byproduct of burning coal for electricity. It is one of the largest solid industrial… — Tatiana Schlossberg Copy Share Image
Now is the time to divest and invest to let our world leaders know that we, as individuals and institutions, are taking… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Public figures talk and act as if environmental change will be linear and gradual. But the Earth's systems are highly complex, and… — George Monbiot Copy Share Image
The challenge of global warming should stimulate a whole raft of manifestly benign innovations - for conserving energy and generating it by… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Some will criticize the Green New Deal for being too bold or being unmanageable. I tell you what, I haven't seen anything… — Beto O'Rourke Copy Share Image
We have no reason to think that climate change is harmful if you look at the world as a whole. Most places,… — Freeman Dyson 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
The President's announcement sounded less like a national energy plan than like a page from an election-year play book. This Administration's plan… — Nick Rahall Copy Share Image
Greening school design provides an extraordinarily cost-effective way to enhance student learning, reduce health and operational costs and, ultimately, increase school quality… — Gregory Kats Copy Share Image
Our global atmosphere does not respect national boundaries, and the international commitments under the Paris Agreement cannot be met without the full… — Brad Schneider Copy Share Image
Packing is important because a lot of times I have to go places where I have to be in four different climates… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
I have walked this south stream when to believe in spring was an act of faith. It was spitting snow and blowing,… — Ann Zwinger Copy Share Image
The different policies reduce damages by only a modest amount. Indeed, one of the surprises is how little the policies affect the… — Henry Sylvester Jacoby Copy Share Image
We could never light another match, and if China continues to build one coal-fired power plant a week, we are doomed. China… — Jay Inslee Copy Share Image
While some sit on the sidelines and fail to offer any practical solutions to address high gas prices now, the House is… — Dave Reichert Copy Share Image
Energy is significantly underpriced in many parts of the world, leading to wasteful consumption, price volatility and fuel smuggling. It's also undermining… — Fatih Birol Copy Share Image
Nothing is as daunting as the threats associated with global warming. That's the biggie. Everyone bangs on about rising sea levels but… — Tim Winton Copy Share Image
The long summer was over. For ages a tropical climate had prevailed over a great part of the earth, and animals whose… — Louis Agassiz Copy Share Image
Renewable energy, including from offshore wind, is crucial to the effort to avoid some of the worst effects of climate change, according… — Tatiana Schlossberg Copy Share Image
Politicians have responsibility to act if the public opinion changes. Flooding, storms, droughts are all getting people talking about climate change. I… — David Titley Copy Share Image
Based on the laws of physics, the effect on temperature of man's contribution to atmospheric CO2 levels is minuscule and indiscernible from… — Robert L Scotto Copy Share Image
Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
To power the country by building 186,000 fifty-story wind turbines - and running 19,000 miles of new transmission lines - just seems… — Lamar Alexander Copy Share Image