Climate Quotes · Page 195

“Carbon monoxide and other pollutants from Asia have been documented on the West Coast since the late 1990s and are actually affecting…

— Elizabeth L. Cline

I voted against the climate-change legislation. Not that I don't believe we should move to a clean-energy economy, and it can be…

— Anonymous

I hear so many people talking about what's wrong, whether it's climate change or whatever, but so few say, 'Well, look, we've…

— Jenny Shipley

It is one of the issues that will have to be worked through however let me make the point and I think…

— John Anderson

Over 80% of the poor are people who have small plots of land and grow their own food and they don't grow…

— Bill Gates

I think that climatic changes have a natural causes according many geological data... I am very glad to sign the U.S. Senate's…

— Uberto Crescenti

I've always said that climate change is the defining issue of our generation. I've set out to hold candidates and elected officials…

— Tom Steyer

“Over a large range of cases, environmental problems arise from our entirely reasonable habit of taking the benefits of our activities, while…

— Roger Scruton

Climate change joined immigration, job creation, food safety, pilot training, veterans' care, campaign finance, transportation security, labor law, mine safety, wildfire management,…

— George Packer

My goal was to have as many of the primary sources as I could made available for people to look at and…

— Bill McKibben

Making big investments to get off oil, making clean energy alternatives widely available and cheap, and creating millions of new jobs in…

— Ted Nordhaus

“the motto “Shop less, live more, save the earth,” the team at Operation Noah, anxious about climate change, is promoting a series…

— Gerry Bowler

We have to, in the next ten years, begin to decrease the rate of carbon dioxide emissions and then flatten it out.…

— James Hansen

By fundamentally changing how we design the places and systems that enable our daily lives, we can slash emissions way beyond the…

— Alex Steffen

I ask citizens and governments everywhere to do their part by conserving energy and reducing the use of fossil fuels for the…

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

The climate's sensitivity to greenhouse gases is considerably lower than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change claims - so much lower, in…

— Kenneth P. Green

Now, I know Obama was trying to take the long view, but talking about solar energy in the middle of the oil…

— Craig Ferguson

That said, I'm embarrassed and furious that so many coal-state Democrats in the U.S. Senate are paralyzing international progress to protect the…

— Denis Hayes

It is my mission to change the world. I'm not kidding: Make no small plans, dream mighty things. I feel if we…

— Bill Nye

I think Barack Obama has been a terrible disappointment environmentally. It's very sobering to realize, as a westerner, that under the Obama…

— Terry Tempest Williams

Today, it is more important than ever to strengthen transatlantic relations. Only by co-operating closely can the EU and the US continue…

— Donald Tusk

“He discovered that a slight oscillation, less than 1°F, in the surface temperatures of the oceans—a cooler than normal tropical Pacific Ocean…

— Linda Marsa

We need to ask elected officials supporting Keystone XL whether they're willing to put their constituents and our environment at risk so…

— Tom Steyer

Perhaps the greatest scientific deception of the IPCC is the abuse and misuse of computer climate models. They allow them to make…

— Timothy Ball

Linking financial element to energy consumption I think has a huge role if you think about a display instrument that could teach…

— Dan Ariely

I think the environmental movement is the biggest people's movement in the world. Unfortunately, our governments and corporations haven't responded accordingly to…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Renewable energy fits well into the conservative mindset by allowing competition into the energy markets so that consumers have choice. The system…

— Mark Ruffalo

“The future of the next generation relies on astronomers obtaining a full understanding of the rapidly changing human environmental conditions and the…

— Steven Magee

A significant number of petroleum geologists believe that we will reach the global maximum of petroleum extraction within this decade or that…

— William J. Clinton

Producing fuel cells and solar panels requires high tech facilities and produces high paying jobs. The industry is booming in Arizona. The…

— J. D. Hayworth

The problems that the world faces - from nuclear proliferation to climate change - can't be tackled by the West alone. They…

— David Miliband

We must have a relentless commitment to producing a meaningful, comprehensive energy package aimed at conservation, alleviating the burden of energy prices…

— Paul Gillmor

War and, apparently, hurricanes are very good for the oil business. But I've got to believe at a certain point, as a…

— Stephen Gaghan

Here's what peak oil is - it's not running out. It's that you no longer can produce more, and more, and more,…

— Christopher Martenson

I think I would say that there is absolutely no way to reconcile an austerity agenda with climate action. Our political class…

— Naomi Klein

Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial, about to face…

— Kurt Vonnegut

It was really my experience at Standing Rock that was pretty pivotal for me because I saw how corporations were literally militarizing…

— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

From the happy-go-lucky days of oil exploration and drilling, when a lot of easy sources were being found and easily managed, we're…

— Carl Safina

At a press conference yesterday NASA announced that 2005 was the hottest year on record. It is so hot, and global warming…

— Jay Leno

You can't compare eras. But drivers of each era adapt to the needs and climate of their time. There are good and…

— Bernie Ecclestone