Emissions Quotes · Page 2

“This means that the soil could offset about one-third of the human-generated emissions annually absorbed in the atmosphere.”

— Judith D. Schwartz

Stopping emissions growth represents the most minimal of do-something responses.

— William H. Calvin

When you're taxing bovine flatulence emissions, there's nothing left to tax.

— Mark Steyn

The United States did not sign Kyoto, yet its emissions are not that different from the countries that did sign it.

— James Hansen

I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

— Kate Brown

I am concerned in general about carbon emissions and machine learning.

— Jeff Dean

Carbon zero simply means that the emissions you are releasing either are zero or balance out to zero.

— Alex Steffen

Shipping by sea produces 1/60 the emissions of shipping by air and about 1/5 that of trucking.

— Daniel Goleman

Our traditional systems of decision-making are just not up to preventing changes in fundamental earth systems that are driven by a constant…

— Dale Jamieson

I think 99% of climate scientists would agree that we need to reduce emissions as quickly as possible, and then begin removing…

— Margaret D. Klein

Cities generate most of the global economy, and most of its energy use, resource demands and climate emissions. How we build cities…

— Alex Steffen

I'm totally in favour of meeting our Paris commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But I don't think we should do that…

— Chris Alexander

Global warming results not from the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but from an unusually high level of solar radiation…

— Khabibullo Abdusamatov

Proponents of efficiency standards argue that they save consumers and businesses money, reduce energy use, and reduce emissions. But families and businesses…

— Gina McCarthy

There is no question that global warming will have a significant impact on already existing problems such as malaria, malnutrition, and water…

— Bjorn Lomborg

There is much to be said for an emissions trading scheme. It was, after all, the mechanism for emission reduction ultimately chosen…

— Tony Abbott

My wife and I have purchased two hybrids. We bought a 3 kw photovoltaic unit. We recycle and offset our carbon emissions…

— James Gustave Speth

Globally, emissions may have to be reduced, the scientists are telling us, by as much as 60% or 70%, with developed countries…

— Michael Meacher

We need a firm cap on carbon emissions from fossil fuels. No coal, oil, or gas could enter the economy until the…

— Denis Hayes

The press heralded this as a major accomplishment. The rush from the press as soon as it was announced suggested a high…

— Erick Erickson

There are a set of men who go about making purchases upon credit, and buying estates they have not wherewithal to pay…

— Thomas Paine

I think the Caribbean countries face rising oceans and they face increase in the severity of hurricanes. This is something that is…

— Steven Chu

Global warming results not from the emission of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, but from an unusually high level of solar radiation…

— Khabibullo Abdusamatov

The nuclear approach I'm involved in is called a traveling-wave reactor, which uses waste uranium for fuel. There's a lot of things…

— Bill Gates

The clock is ticking as nature attempts to absorb the increased greenhouse gas emissions.

— Ernest Moniz

It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions.

— Barry Commoner

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

The US is responsible for 25 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. It should take responsibility for leading the way.

— Tony Juniper

There is a majority of scientists that say that global carbon emissions by humans causes some changes in the climate.

— Marco Rubio

Well, I'm not saying that an emissions tax is ever going to be good policy.

— Tony Abbott

There is no set period of time or total amount of carbon emissions that we can stay below to ensure we stay…

— Katharine Hayhoe

Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent.

— Donella Meadows

Our pollution out of carbon emissions is still very, very low compared to the world.

— Piyush Goyal

The automotive X Prize, to a great degree, is focused on addressing petroleum usage and carbon emissions.

— Peter Diamandis

It seems that, notwithstanding the dramatic increases in manmade CO2 emissions over the last decade, the world's warming has stopped.

— Tony Abbott

The Clean Power Plan is a bold step not just in lowering carbon emissions, but also in creating the clean energy jobs…

— Catherine Cortez Masto

Once firms had to pay to pollute, they became incredibly inventive at figuring out cheaper ways to eliminate their SO2 emissions.

— Bob Frank

We have 20 years [until 2026] to reduce carbon emissions or climate change will become irreversible.

— Hans Joachim Schellnhuber

I think natural gas has been a big part of the solution if in fact we need to reduce man-generated carbon dioxide…

— Todd Young

On some issues, I'm a staunch Conservative — like curtailing greenhouse gas emissions so that we can Conserve the environment.

— Neil deGrasse Tyson