--- title: "25 Climate Quotes By Jane Mayer" description: "25 Climate quotes by Jane Mayer. Plus more from Jane Mayer and more Climate sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/jane-mayer-1031_action_tom-steyer-is-specifically-spending-mone_628060.png" --- > [ \[Tom\] Steyer is specifically spending money on candidates who will take action against climate change. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/tom-steyer-is-specifically-spending-money-on-candidates-who-will-take/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/jane-mayer-1031_action_tom-steyer-is-specifically-spending-mone_628060.png) > [“At the end of 2011, only twenty of the sixty-five Republican members of Congress who responded to a survey were willing to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/at-the-end-of-2011-only-twenty-of-the-sixty-five-republican-members/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/jane-mayer-1031_change_at-the-end-of-2011-only-twenty-of-the-si_2828184.png) > [“As Obama took office, America derived over 85 percent of its total energy from oil, gas, and coal. The business was enormous,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/as-obama-took-office-america-derived-over-85-percent-of-its-total/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a48/jane-mayer-1031_business_as-obama-took-office-america-derived-ove_1623684.png) > [“In 2012, the Environmental Protection Agency’s database revealed Koch Industries to be the number one producer of toxic waste in the country.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/in-2012-the-environmental-protection-agency-s-database-revealed-koch/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ddd/jane-mayer-1031_climate_in-2012-the-environmental-protection-age_1078892.png) > [“The Olin Corporation’s pollution was so extensive and intractable that the company faced the prospect of tens if not hundreds of millions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-olin-corporation-s-pollution-was-so-extensive-and-intractable/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a6/jane-mayer-1031_business_the-olin-corporation-s-pollution-was-so_680791.png) > [“In 1999, the District of Columbia Circuit Court embraced Dudley’s pro-smog argument. Evaluating the EPA rule, the court found that the EPA…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/in-1999-the-district-of-columbia-circuit-court-embraced-dudley-s-pro/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df1/jane-mayer-1031_climate_in-1999-the-district-of-columbia-circuit_2500521.jpg) > [“The numbers regarding Koch Industries’ pollution were incontrovertible. In 2012, according to the EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory database, which documents the toxic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-numbers-regarding-koch-industries-pollution-were-incontrovertible/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/541/jane-mayer-1031_climate_the-numbers-regarding-koch-industries-po_364682.jpg) > [“Yet the story line blaming environmental activists for its problems proved irresistible. Life magazine produced an elegiac photo essay called “End of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/yet-the-story-line-blaming-environmental-activists-for-its-problems/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/286/jane-mayer-1031_business_yet-the-story-line-blaming-environmental_1665524.jpg) > [“This single Koch refinery is now responsible for an estimated 25 percent of the 1.2 million barrels of oil the U.S. imports…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/this-single-koch-refinery-is-now-responsible-for-an-estimated-25/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b4c/jane-mayer-1031_climate_this-single-koch-refinery-is-now-respons_739331.jpg) > [“For decades, the environmental movement had enjoyed bipartisan support. As public opinion mounted in favor of climate action, however, the fossil fuel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/for-decades-the-environmental-movement-had-enjoyed-bipartisan-support/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecd/jane-mayer-1031_bipartisan_for-decades-the-environmental-movement-h_1965605.jpg) > [“the Bush energy act contained some $6 billion in oil and gas subsidies and $9 billion in coal subsidies. The Kochs routinely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-bush-energy-act-contained-some-6-billion-in-oil-and-gas-subsidies/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/452/jane-mayer-1031_climate_the-bush-energy-act-contained-some-6-bil_966126.png) > [“In response to the rising concerns in Saltville, in 1970 Virginia passed strict new standards that the company said it couldn’t meet.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/in-response-to-the-rising-concerns-in-saltville-in-1970-virginia/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ad8/jane-mayer-1031_business_in-response-to-the-rising-concerns-in-sa_2249553.png) > [“the Kochs’, declared, “The blue dress moment may have arrived.” But instead of using Monica Lewinsky’s telltale garment to impeach Bill Clinton,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-kochs-declared-the-blue-dress-moment-may-have-arrived-but-instead/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/23f/jane-mayer-1031_blue-dress_the-kochs-declared-the-blue-dress-moment_3142144.png) > [“By choosing a tested, moderate, bipartisan approach, the Obama administration and many environmentalists assumed a deal would be winnable. “What we didn’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/by-choosing-a-tested-moderate-bipartisan-approach-the-obama/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd2/jane-mayer-1031_climate_by-choosing-a-tested-moderate-bipartisan_1795590.jpg) > [“As early as 1913, the oil industry used its clout to win a special tax loophole, the “oil depletion allowance.” On the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/as-early-as-1913-the-oil-industry-used-its-clout-to-win-a-special-tax/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/jane-mayer-1031_climate_as-early-as-1913-the-oil-industry-used-i_2763116.png) > [“the fossil fuel industry is an oligarchy.” Some might dispute that American oil, gas, and coal magnates met the dictionary definition of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-fossil-fuel-industry-is-an-oligarchy-some-might-dispute-that/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a13/jane-mayer-1031_climate_the-fossil-fuel-industry-is-an-oligarchy_1241695.jpg) > [“As even the Pentagon, a cautious bastion of technological nonpartisanship, concluded, “the danger from climate change is real, urgent, and severe.” An…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/as-even-the-pentagon-a-cautious-bastion-of-technological/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/519/jane-mayer-1031_american-people_as-even-the-pentagon-a-cautious-bastion_2712573.jpg) > [“If the world were to stay within the range of carbon emissions that scientists deemed reasonable in order for atmospheric temperatures to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/if-the-world-were-to-stay-within-the-range-of-carbon-emissions-that/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/849/jane-mayer-1031_carbon-emissions_if-the-world-were-to-stay-within-the-ran_1449442.jpg) > [“The Kochs never did play by the rules. They had their own playing field. They just didn’t abide by anything. Not the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-kochs-never-did-play-by-the-rules-they-had-their-own-playing/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/969/jane-mayer-1031_climate_the-kochs-never-did-play-by-the-rules-th_1628461.jpg) > [“Two months into their tenure, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee also led a crusade against alternative, renewable energy programs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/two-months-into-their-tenure-republicans-on-the-house-energy-and/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8b2/jane-mayer-1031_business_two-months-into-their-tenure-republicans_215759.png) > [“When Barack Obama took office, the fossil fuel industry was not only eager to preserve its perks but also more militant in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/when-barack-obama-took-office-the-fossil-fuel-industry-was-not-only/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9cf/jane-mayer-1031_academy-award_when-barack-obama-took-office-the-fossil_44724.jpg) > [“In 1997, for instance, the EPA moved to reduce surface ozone, a form of air pollution caused, in part, by emissions from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/in-1997-for-instance-the-epa-moved-to-reduce-surface-ozone-a-form-of/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d34/jane-mayer-1031_air-pollution_in-1997-for-instance-the-epa-moved-to-re_3109507.jpg) > [“by 2008 the arithmetic of climate change presented an almost unimaginable challenge. If the world were to stay within the range of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/by-2008-the-arithmetic-of-climate-change-presented-an-almost/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fba/jane-mayer-1031_carbon_by-2008-the-arithmetic-of-climate-change_333228.png) > [“The whole ideological assembly line that Richard Fink and Charles Koch had envisioned decades earlier, including the entire conservative media sphere, was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-whole-ideological-assembly-line-that-richard-fink-and-charles/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9f8/jane-mayer-1031_assembly-line_the-whole-ideological-assembly-line-that_1378693.jpg) > [“Congressman Upton insisted that he hadn’t changed his position on environmental issues. But Jeremy Symons, then a senior vice president of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/congressman-upton-insisted-that-he-hadn-t-changed-his-position-on/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/284/jane-mayer-1031_clean-air_congressman-upton-insisted-that-he-hadn_387400.png) ## Other authors on Climate - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-mckibben-17985.jpg) Bill McKibben 139 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/bill-mckibben/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-al-gore-10150.jpg) Al Gore 133 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/al-gore/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-barack-obama-16275.jpg) Barack Obama 116 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/barack-obama/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-van-jones-93135.jpg) Van Jones 72 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/van-jones/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-james-hansen-46376.jpg) James Hansen 66 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/james-hansen/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-naomi-klein-70169.jpg) Naomi Klein 62 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/naomi-klein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jeff-goodell-48353.jpg) Jeff Goodell 57 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/jeff-goodell/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bernie-sanders-17420.jpg) Bernie Sanders 53 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/bernie-sanders/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-rush-limbaugh-81741.jpg) Rush Limbaugh 50 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/rush-limbaugh/) - [Michael Shellenberger 47 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/michael-shellenberger/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b013/author-jill-stein-49626.jpg) Jill Stein 45 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/jill-stein/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-bill-gates-17911.jpg) Bill Gates 45 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/bill-gates/) ## More by Jane Mayer > [“David Brock, a conservative apostate who became a liberal activist, described the Heritage Foundation, where he was a young fellow, as almost completely under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/david-brock-a-conservative-apostate-who-became-a-liberal-activist/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [“The early think tank was not a spy operation, but it was funded by wealthy men who had no objections to using pretexts and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-early-think-tank-was-not-a-spy-operation-but-it-was-funded-by/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [“Americans for Prosperity annoyed some of the Tea Partiers,” recalls the libertarian blogger Ralph Benko. “These people drove up, opened the door, put T-shirts…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/americans-for-prosperity-annoyed-some-of-the-tea-partiers-recalls-the/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [“When Barack Obama took office, the fossil fuel industry was not only eager to preserve its perks but also more militant in its opposition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/when-barack-obama-took-office-the-fossil-fuel-industry-was-not-only/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [If you have an informed electorate, it makes great choices.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/if-you-have-an-informed-electorate-it-makes-great-choices/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [ One of the oddities of this election is the man that \[Donald\] Trump chose as his vice-president, Mike Pence, is one of the Kochs'… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/one-of-the-oddities-of-this-election-is-the-man-that-donald-trump/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [“The candidates promised to cut taxes for those in the highest brackets, preserve Wall Street loopholes, tolerate the off-shoring of manufacturing jobs and profits,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-candidates-promised-to-cut-taxes-for-those-in-the-highest/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [“Amway in fact was structured to avoid federal taxes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/amway-in-fact-was-structured-to-avoid-federal-taxes/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [“radicals in Congress refused to back down, bringing virtually the entire federal government to a halt for sixteen days in October, leaving the country…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/radicals-in-congress-refused-to-back-down-bringing-virtually-the/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [What I write about is how much influence it's had in things like state legislatures and governorships and congressional races. The other thing that's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/what-i-write-about-is-how-much-influence-it-s-had-in-things-like/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [“Two months into their tenure, Republicans on the House Energy and Commerce Committee also led a crusade against alternative, renewable energy programs. They successfully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/two-months-into-their-tenure-republicans-on-the-house-energy-and/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [ \[The Kochs\] they hate big government. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/the-kochs-they-hate-big-government/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [“Rob Reich, a professor of political science at Stanford University and co-director of the Stanford Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society, explains that private…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/rob-reich-a-professor-of-political-science-at-stanford-university-and/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [“During the previous eight years of Republican rule, this conservative corporate elite had consolidated its power, amassing enormous sway over the U.S. government’s regulatory…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/during-the-previous-eight-years-of-republican-rule-this-conservative/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) > [“Noble again chose Larry McCarthy, the veteran media consultant who was known for his ability to distill a complicated subject into a simple, potent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/noble-again-chose-larry-mccarthy-the-veteran-media-consultant-who-was/) [Jane Mayer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-mayer/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/jane-mayer/#itemlist", "name": "25 Climate Quotes By Jane Mayer", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "[Tom] Steyer is specifically spending money on candidates who will take action against climate change.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jane Mayer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/tom-steyer-is-specifically-spending-money-on-candidates-who-will-take/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/jane-mayer-1031_action_tom-steyer-is-specifically-spending-mone_628060.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/jane-mayer-1031_action_tom-steyer-is-specifically-spending-mone_628060.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15e/jane-mayer-1031_action_tom-steyer-is-specifically-spending-mone_628060.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“[Tom] Steyer is specifically spending money on candidates who will take action against climate change.” — Jane Mayer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“At the end of 2011, only twenty of the sixty-five Republican members of Congress who responded to a survey were willing to say that they believed climate change was causing the planet to warm.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Jane Mayer" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-mayer/at-the-end-of-2011-only-twenty-of-the-sixty-five-republican-members/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/jane-mayer-1031_change_at-the-end-of-2011-only-twenty-of-the-si_2828184.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/jane-mayer-1031_change_at-the-end-of-2011-only-twenty-of-the-si_2828184.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/694/jane-mayer-1031_change_at-the-end-of-2011-only-twenty-of-the-si_2828184.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“At the end of 2011, only twenty of the sixty-five Republican members of Congress who responded to a survey…” — Jane Mayer", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“As Obama took office, America derived over 85 percent of its total energy from oil, gas, and coal. 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