As investments and as an energy source, fossil fuels have nowhere to go but down. — London Breed Copy Share Image
Society's dependence on fossil fuels is jeopardising social and economic progress. — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
As we burn fossil fuels, we release carbon dioxide, much of which is absorbed by the oceans. — Tatiana Schlossberg Copy Share Image
One of my top priorities in Congress is to reduce U.S. dependence on fossil fuels. — Lincoln Diaz-Balart Copy Share Image
We must rapidly wean ourselves off our dependence on coal and fossil fuels — Richard Branson Copy Share Image
Behind every morsel of bread, fruits, or meat is a large amount of transformed fossil fuels. — Vaclav Smil Copy Share Image
It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them. — James Hansen Copy Share Image
Without an end to the burning of fossil fuels, coal especially, most of us will live shorter lives. I'm hopeful, but very,… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
We're going to get off fossil fuels, no question. We may not do it quickly enough to avoid some pain, and I'm… — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
If aliens did visit us, I'd be embarrassed to tell them we still dig fossil fuels from the ground as a source… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
I think that the world is in the middle of a huge transition that we have to make to renewable energy. We… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
To reduce the risk of a global environmental catastrophe, and to avoid reversing the course of human progress, the world must urgently… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
Burning fossil fuels is like breaking up the furniture to feed the fireplace because it's easier than going out to the woodpile. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Imagine spending four billion years stocking the oceans with seafood, filling the ground with fossil fuels, and drilling the bees in honey… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
Fossil fuels, including oil, are running out and supplies are getting harder to find. If we do nothing, prices will continue to… — Lucy Powell Copy Share Image
“This generation has altered the composition of the atmosphere on a global scale through … a steady increase in carbon dioxide from… — Naomi Oreskes Copy Share Image
Remember that the problem is bigger than the car you drive or the types of lightbulbs in city hall. We need a… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
“I am not sure that energy company executives who say they want to understand the concerns of Indigenous people can actually do… — Ryan Emanuel Copy Share Image
It seems to me like Mother Nature's mercy and forgiveness have run dry, as we ceaselessly abuse her and take her for… — Gloria Reuben Copy Share Image
Just as fossil fuels from conventional sources are finite and are becoming depleted, those from difficult sources will also run out. If… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
The true cost of the pollution that is being dumped into the atmosphere and manifests itself in our sick children dealing with… — Mark Ruffalo Copy Share Image
Nations around the world - including Canada - are working to shift the global economy from dirty fossil fuels to clean energy.… — Jay Inslee Copy Share Image
“We are fossil fuel addicts. What happens when drug addicts detox? They can be rash, cranky, even psychotic and dangerous. It would… — Russell Gold Copy Share Image
“One of the great ironies of climate change activism today is that many of the movement’s most vocal proponents are also horrified… — Bjorn Lomborg Copy Share Image
We should certainly not be perpetuating further harm to others or to the environment. Suppose that workers at ExxonMobil are trying to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Ocean acidification looks suspiciously like a back-up plan by the environmental pressure groups in case the climate fails to warm: another try… — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
Rome wasn't built in a day, and we won't replace fossil fuels with clean energy based on the events of a single… — Michael Brune Copy Share Image
The other piece of this is that we call for cutting our bloated and dangerous military budget. And this is something that… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
“Climate Change. When we talk about our responsibilities as human beings and as parents, there is nothing more important than leaving this… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
Once the steam engine went away and we started moving into burning fossil fuels - not just burning them, but everything we… — Don Cheadle Copy Share Image
“The principal energy sources of our present industrial civilization are the so-called fossil fuels. We burn wood and oil, coal and natural… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
“But these assumptions could not accomplish much on their own. What gave them power, and made them able finally to dominate and… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
“Shortly after Bush took office, a government scientist prepared testimony for a Congressional committee on the dangerous effects of industrial uses of… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“Drilling without thinking has of course been Republican party policy since May 2008. With gas prices soaring to unprecedented heights, that's when… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
We shouldn't penalize those that depend on fossil fuels for energy and the jobs they provide. — Joe Heck Copy Share Image
I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels. — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
Not using fossil fuels is tantamount to not using energy. It is economic suicide and eco-manslaughter. — Paul Driessen Copy Share Image