There is enough oil out there for world demand. It is true that a lot of what's driving oil prices up right… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm about to embark on what may be as important as an initiative as anything I do as President, trying to nudge… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I believe that the U.S. can and should be a global leader in the development of alternative energy sources... — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The hard truth is carbon pollution has built up in our atmosphere for decades now. And even if we Americans do our… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
My plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet because climate change is not a hoax. — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We have known for decades that our survival depends on finding new sources of energy. Yet we import more oil today than… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Any so-called leader who does not take this issue (climate change) seriously or treats it like a joke is not fit to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I am going to be able to present to the incoming administration a country that is stronger. A federal government that is… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
As President, I'll invest in renewable energies like wind power, solar power, and the next generation of homegrown biofuels. That's how America… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've got to control our own energy. Now, not only oil and natural gas, which we've been investing in; but also, we've… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If you think that we've overregulated in the environmental space what I can show you is that we have tripled the amount… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
For the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as President:… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can. It's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Here's the truth: even if countries like the United States curb our emissions, if growing countries like India - with soaring energy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We're making new investments in the development of gasoline and diesel and jet fuel that's actually made from a plant-like substance-algae...we could… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We need to reduce our dependence on foreign oil by ending the subsidies for oil companies, and doubling down on clean energy… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
If we're going to prevent large parts of this Earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our lifetimes, we're going… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket… Because I’m capping greenhouse gasses, coal power plants,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
By hook or by crook, we're going to make sure that when I leave this office, that the country is more prosperous,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
With only 2 percent of the world's oil reserves, oil isn't enough. This country needs an all-out, all-of-the-above strategy that develops every… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Under my plan of a cap and trade system, electricity rates would necessarily skyrocket. . . . Because I'm capping greenhouse gases,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I strongly agree with Vice President Gore that we cannot drill our way to energy independence, but must fast-track investments in renewable… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The more we are using clean energy, renewable energy sources, the less environmentally problematic facilities end up being a problem for everybody,… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We can't drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times...… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
In sectors like energy, I haven't been arguing for more spending per se; I've been arguing that it doesn't make sense for… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We've subsidized oil companies for a century. That's long enough. It's time to end the taxpayer giveaways to an industry that rarely… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
When BP was not moving fast enough on claims, we told BP to set aside $20 billion in a fund - managed… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Young people: I understand this is important to you, but as you be thinking about climate change, the economy and jobs, war… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
The good news is that the Paris Agreement is not just a bilateral agreement between the United States and some other country.… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
All across the world, ...increasingly dangerous weather patterns and devastating storms are abruptly putting an end to the long-running debate over whether… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
This is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now. Whether it means… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We are convinced, as some of you may be convinced, that changing the way we produce and use energy is essential to… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
By some estimates, the oil you recently discovered off the shores of Brazil could amount to twice the reserves we have in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Every three weeks, we bring online as much solar power as we did in all of 2008...That’s why, over the past six… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
So here's what I want you to know, and here's what I want all our men and women in uniform to know: Because of… — Barack Obama Copy Share
As opposed to getting into arguments about, well, these folks have been treated fairly so now we're going to be doing things that, very… — Barack Obama Copy Share
What we've said to the girls is: 'If you guys ever decide that you're going to get a tattoo, then mommy and me will… — Barack Obama Copy Share
All of us take offense to anyone who reaps the rewards of living in America without taking on the responsibilities of living in America.… — Barack Obama Copy Share
The world is complicated and full of grays, but there's still truth there to be found. — Barack Obama Copy Share
That is another theme in the book [Dreams from My Father]. How do we exercise more empathy in our public discourse? How do we… — Barack Obama Copy Share
I can say across Europe that many principles that have been taken for granted here around free speech, and around civil liberties and an… — Barack Obama Copy Share
So Americans understand the costs of war. Yet as a country, we will never tolerate our security being threatened, nor stand idly by when… — Barack Obama Copy Share
I want to thank the Greek people publicly for their humanitarian response to the crisis of so many migrants and refugees seeking safety in… — Barack Obama Copy Share
We had a farewell dinner for some of my senior staff, and generally everybody likes to talk about how cool I was. — Barack Obama Copy Share
It's good to get fresh legs in [the White house]. I think that it refreshes our democracy. — Barack Obama Copy Share
Believe it or not, entertainment is part of our American diplomacy, it is part of what makes us exceptional, part of what makes us… — Barack Obama Copy Share
