Climate Quotes by Tatiana Schlossberg

I don't think I could have - and I wouldn't have wanted to - write a book about climate change that wasn't…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Environmental advocates say that changing how much power computers and monitors use in idle mode can cut greenhouse gas emissions without requiring…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

As we burn fossil fuels, we release carbon dioxide, much of which is absorbed by the oceans.

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Coal is used to generate power almost everywhere, but problems associated with coal ash and coal ash slurry disproportionately affect low-income and…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Farmers and agricultural authorities must take account of climate change and the prospect of increased rainfall in designing strategies to mitigate the…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Extreme precipitation is likely to increase with rising temperatures because of growing atmospheric humidity, leading to a higher risk of flash flooding…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

When policymakers, financiers and scientists describe the world decades from now, in the throes of climatic changes that we now only model,…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Coal ash, the hazardous byproduct of burning coal to produce power, is a particularly insidious legacy of the nation's dependence on coal.

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Knowing how much carbon dioxide the ocean is storing is crucial to modeling future climate changes, and given the prevalence of these…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

I think it is important to communicate how serious climate change is - it would be a disservice not to. But I'm…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

If you are like many people, flying may be a large portion of your carbon footprint. Over all, the aviation industry accounts…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

In the stable emissions model, in which a rise in global surface temperatures by two degrees Celsius from preindustrial times is more…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

An inherent tension between the seeming ineffectiveness of immediate and individual action and the long view the government is trying to take…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Climate change is not a distant problem. It's involved in all of our lives through the stuff that we use, buy and…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Climate refers to the long-term averages and trends in atmospheric conditions over large areas, while weather deals with short-term variations, which is…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Environmentalists, members of the Obama administration and government officials in several states see significant potential for offshore wind energy, given that winds…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

The most effective way to reduce your carbon footprint is to fly less often. If everyone took fewer flights, airline companies wouldn't…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Melting permafrost in Greenland and the Arctic tundra is releasing vast amounts of methane, a potent climate-altering gas.

— Tatiana Schlossberg

In the past, offshore wind farms have faced significant opposition in the United States for a few reasons: high costs, complicated rules…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

If there's one vital, but underappreciated, subject in the conversation about climate change, it's waste: how to define it, how to create…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Coal ash gets far less attention than toxic and greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, but it has created environmental and health…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

I think people who speak and write about climate change and environmental degradation need to convey how interesting and important this topic…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Santa Clara County has 23 active Superfund sites, more than any other county in the United States. All of them were designated…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

A less icy Arctic is coming, and generally speaking, that's not a good thing. Climate change is warming this region twice as…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

I learned about coal ash, which is the byproduct of burning coal for electricity. It is one of the largest solid industrial…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Renewable energy, including from offshore wind, is crucial to the effort to avoid some of the worst effects of climate change, according…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

Unlike the visible and heavily regulated airborne emissions from power plant smokestacks, coal ash is largely unseen unless there is a major…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

When you buy carbon offsets, you pay to take planet-warming carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere in exchange for the greenhouse gases…

— Tatiana Schlossberg

The fact that communities that are relatively powerless often are exposed to more dangerous pollution and the worst effects of climate change:…

— Tatiana Schlossberg