Climate Quotes · Page 31

Four elements make up the climate of war: danger, exertion, uncertainty and chance.

— Carl von Clausewitz

What we lack is a good, strong business climate with lower taxes, fairer regulation.

— Kevin Brady

I believe America's chief strategic vulnerability is our dependence on imported petroleum.

— Marcy Kaptur

We simply don't know yet what's going to happen to the carbon in the atmosphere.

— Freeman Dyson

Renewable energy is far more labor-intensive than fossil fuel production.

— Bill McKibben

Climate change is ravaging our cities - we can't just let that happen.

— Jamaal Bowman

When it comes to renewable energy, there's no reason America should settle for second best.

— Martin Heinrich

“Germany calls on universities in its push for green”

— Anonymous

I don't think the human effect [of climate change] is significant compared to the natural effect.

— Harrison Schmitt

The late 20th century sea level rise rate lacks any sign of acceleration. Satellite altimetry indicates virtually no changes in the last…

— Nils-Axel Morner

The 'clean energy' challenge deserves a commitment akin to the Manhattan project or the Apollo moon landing.

— Martin Rees

The interesting thing about the Green New Deal is it wasn't originally a climate thing at all.

— Saikat Chakrabarti

The more the climate is forced to change, the more likely it is to hit some unforeseen threshold that can trigger quite…

— Richard Alley

The oil lobby, perhaps the most powerful lobby on earth, is almost matched by hospital owners and doctors.

— Jimmy Carter

Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world.

— Kevin de Leon

The Biden Administration is more focused on paving the way for electric vehicles than paving roads in rural America.

— Tommy Tuberville

I don't feel passionately about politics, i'm not a political person. Is it easy for me to get fired up about someone's…

— Rachel Maddow

This is what climate action is all about - all sectors of the economy, from places large and small, recognizing the moral…

— Brian Deese

The axe and saw are insanely busy, chips are flying thick as snowflakes, and every summer thousands of acres of priceless forests,…

— John Muir

Solving climate change is a complex topic, but in a single crude brush-stroke, here is the solution: the price of carbon dioxide…

— David J. C. MacKay

I believe that water will one day be employed as fuel, that hydrogen and oxygen which constitute it, used singly or together,…

— Jules Verne

If we offer too much silent assent about mysticism and superstition - even when it seems to be doing a little good…

— Carl Sagan

Climate change is so big that people who study it.. and many do.. need to speak to it. They must present scientific…

— Peter Garrett

We can't impede progress in the name of environmental action that yields little for the environment and even less for our people..…

— Meg Whitman

I have not been one who believed in the global warming. But I tell you, they are making a convert out of…

— Pat Robertson

“Solar energy, in its many forms, has accustomed us to the idea that using energy must create huge environmental impacts, either by…

— William Tucker

We must recognize that the goal of a cleaner environment will not be achieved by rhetoric or moral dedication alone. It will…

— Richard M. Nixon

The problem ... is that we have run out of dinosaurs to form oil with. Scientists working for the Department of Energy…

— Dave Barry

We thought we knew 20 years ago. That led to some alarmist books – mine included – because it looked clear-cut, but…

— James Lovelock

I think we have reached a stage now where we need to find solutions to economic injustice in the same place and…

— Vandana Shiva

The greenhouse crisis is the bill coming due for the Industrial Revolution. It's not an accident. It's the logical outcome of our…

— Jeremy Rifkin

No one can learn tolerance in a climate of irresponsibility, which does not produce democracy. The act of tolerating requires a climate…

— Paulo Freire

With great power comrs great electricity bills...

— Ritu Ghatourey

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

— Barack Obama

I think the future for solar energy is bright.

— Ken Salazar

We can't just tack on environmental balance to a fundamentally imbalanced system.

— Riane Eisler

Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.

— Barry Commoner

Sustainable energy is the equivalent of the U.S. moon shot.

— Steven Chu

We can help companies committed to addressing global challenges such as climate change.

— Ana Patricia Botin

The climate is a common good, belonging to all and meant for all.

— Pope Francis