--- title: "2 Clean energy Quotes By Ross Gelbspan" description: "2 Clean energy quotes by Ross Gelbspan. Plus more from Ross Gelbspan and more Clean energy sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/ross-gelbspan-35987_change_climate-change-is-not-just-another-issue_2394162.jpg" --- > [Climate change is not just another issue. It is the issue that, unchecked, will swamp all other issues. The only hope lies in all the countries of the world coming together around a common global project to rewire the world…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/climate-change-is-not-just-another-issue-it-is-the-issue-that/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ec/ross-gelbspan-35987_change_climate-change-is-not-just-another-issue_2394162.jpg) > [Ultimately, I believe - because energy is so central to our lives - that a common global project to rewire the world with clean energy could be the first step on a path to global peace and global democracy -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/ultimately-i-believe-because-energy-is-so-central-to-our-lives-that-a/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0cd/ross-gelbspan-35987_believe_ultimately-i-believe-because-energy-is-s_3209830.jpg) ## Other authors on Clean energy - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 16 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clean-energy/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-van-jones-93135.jpg) Van Jones 14 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clean-energy/van-jones/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-jay-inslee-47707.jpg) Jay Inslee 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clean-energy/jay-inslee/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b011/author-hillary-clinton-42043.jpg) Hillary Clinton 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clean-energy/hillary-clinton/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-tom-steyer-6110.jpg) Tom Steyer 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clean-energy/tom-steyer/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-ted-wheeler-5816.jpg) Ted Wheeler 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clean-energy/ted-wheeler/) - [Eban Goodstein 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clean-energy/eban-goodstein/) ## More by Ross Gelbspan > [Each year we pump at least six billion tons of heat-trapping carbon into the innermost layer of our atmosphere, whose outer extent is only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/each-year-we-pump-at-least-six-billion-tons-of-heat-trapping-carbon/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) > [It's very important to understand that climate change is not just another issue in this complicated world of proliferating issues. Climate change is THE…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/it-s-very-important-to-understand-that-climate-change-is-not-just/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) > [Absent the rapid mobilization of climate advocates at every level - and the pooling of all their energy, creativity, and resources into a coordinated,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/absent-the-rapid-mobilization-of-climate-advocates-at-every-level-and/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) > [Our planet has run out of patience. So has our sense of justice. It is time to step it up - and up -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/our-planet-has-run-out-of-patience-so-has-our-sense-of-justice-it-is/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) > [Climate change is not an environmental problem. It is a civilizational problem. Climate change is not just another issue. If it is not addressed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/climate-change-is-not-an-environmental-problem-it-is-a-civilizational/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) > [The largest source of greenhouse gases in the coming decades will not be the US, Western Europe and Japan, but the developing economies of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/the-largest-source-of-greenhouse-gases-in-the-coming-decades-will-not/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) > [Unfortunately, very few people in America know the real name of Hurricane Katrina because the coal and oil industries have spent millions of dollars…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/unfortunately-very-few-people-in-america-know-the-real-name-of/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) > [Climate change is not just another issue. It is the issue that, unchecked, will swamp all other issues. The only hope lies in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/climate-change-is-not-just-another-issue-it-is-the-issue-that/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) > [The Aedes aegypti mosquito, which spreads dengue fever and yellow fever, has traditionally been unable to survive at altitudes higher than 1,000 meters because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/the-aedes-aegypti-mosquito-which-spreads-dengue-fever-and-yellow/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) > [To restore our inflamed atmosphere to a hospitable state requires nothing less than rewiring the entire globe - and replace every oil-burning furnace, every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/to-restore-our-inflamed-atmosphere-to-a-hospitable-state-requires/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) > [Stormy Weather is really wonderful - it ought to be required reading for everyone who is concerned about our planet's climate, beginning in every…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/stormy-weather-is-really-wonderful-it-ought-to-be-required-reading/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) > [Ultimately, I believe - because energy is so central to our lives - that a common global project to rewire the world with clean…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ross-gelbspan/ultimately-i-believe-because-energy-is-so-central-to-our-lives-that-a/) [Ross Gelbspan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ross-gelbspan/) > [Not only do journalists not have a responsibility to report what skeptical scientists have to say about global warming. 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