Sensible policies on global warming should weight the costs of slowing climate change against the benefits of slower climate change. Ironically, recent… — William Nordhaus Copy Share Image
I'm quite pessimistic about climate change. This is an urgent problem, and much of the world is only now waking up to… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
Just as we demand that our governments address risks associated with terrorism or epidemics, we should put concerted pressure on them to… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
All of us living in today's world are facing an enormous crisis - arguably the greatest that humanity has ever faced -… — Adam Hochschild Copy Share Image
I sense very little appetite for green efforts to persuade people to accept a frozen or declining standard of living for the… — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
The best way to deal with climate change has been obvious for years: cut greenhouse-gas emissions severely. We haven't done that. In… — Michael Specter Copy Share Image
The majority of America wants action on climate change. The majority of America thinks we should regulate carbon dioxide as a pollutant.… — Deb Haaland Copy Share Image
The whole purpose was to say that it doesn't have to be a zero sum. It's not the environment or jobs. You… — Jennifer Granholm Copy Share Image
There is a tremendous amount of oil in Iraq and it's still very, very cheap due to all the political uncertainty. So… — Porter Stansberry Copy Share Image
Anyway, the US, as in most issues, is the best, has the best capability to lead, and really needs to lead. It… — Bill Gates Copy Share Image
Even if a majority of scientists agree on something, they know that if they don't agree on it they're not going to… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Its going to require a global effort to reduce greenhouse gases and hopefully derail some of the adverse impacts that we are… — Jerome Ringo Copy Share Image
There's something really happening and really moving, and it's exciting and it makes me very optimistic because it is going to be… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
The more hardcore conservative you are, the more tightly identified you are with defending the interest of capital as an interest of… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
We call for a green New Deal, like the New Deal that got us out of the Great Depression, but in this… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
There is a thing called clean coal. Coal will last for 1,000 years in America. Now we have natural gas and so… — Donald Trump Copy Share Image
I do think that climate change is real. And I think that it's something that we have to deal with. But I… — Nikki Haley Copy Share Image
We are reaching the point where the temperature standstill is becoming the major feature of the recent global warm period that began… — David Robert Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Spain has been massively diverting capital from the private sector into politically favored environmental projects for the better part of a decade...every… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
We spend probably more of our time than we should, just because it's close to home, worrying about the West. But it's… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
If we want the world to be a better place to live, we have to treat it as one unit. If we… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Public-policy-wise, if you want to be consistent, crude oil is a bulk commodity, and you should be able to export it. I… — John Shimkus Copy Share Image
Business is recognizing the role it can play in combatting climate change. Thank God, is all I can say, for there is… — Prince Charles Copy Share Image
We should not use special budget procedures to jam through legislation to drill in the Arctic Refuge. This topic is too important… — Russ Feingold Copy Share Image
A protest meeting on the issue of environmental abuse is not a convocation of accusers, it is a convocation of the guilty.… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
We've gone from thinking the fuels that powered our growth were inexpensive, inexhaustible and benign to understanding they are exhaustible, expensive and… — Thomas Friedman Copy Share Image
“The link between extreme weather and global warming has as much scientific basis as the pagan rite of human sacrifice to ensure… — Ralph B. Alexander Copy Share Image
While the climate crisis gathers front-page attention on a regular basis, people - even those who profess great environmental consciousness - continue… — Daniel Pauly Copy Share Image
India was a late comer to industrialization, and as such, we have contributed very little to the accumulation of greenhouse gas emissions… — Manmohan Singh Copy Share Image
The highest and best use of our time that really matters over the next decade will be working to elect clean-energy candidates,… — Eban Goodstein Copy Share Image
The disaster in the gulf shows: relying on dangerous, dirty fuels can at times impose incalculable costs. I have never heard of… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
Decarbonization has already begun, and the appeal of a fossil-fuel-free world is growing - not only because it would limit climate change,… — Johan Rockstrom Copy Share Image
I understand we have to keep a significant amount of fossil fuel in the ground. I'm committed to that. But I'm not… — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Tony Abbott might think coal's good for humanity, of course it was an important driver in the story of the Australian nation.… — Richard Di Natale Copy Share Image
Warm air holds more water vapor than cold, and so the atmosphere is about 4% wetter than it was 40 years ago.… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
“Virtually all of the extremely important services that nature provides are completely ignored by conventional economics. The ozone layer, for example, shields… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
We unfortunately already live on a planet where the climate has changed and will continue to change no matter what we do… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
A fascinating challenge facing today's environmental movement is how to best approach the reversal of past decisions that altered once-pristine environmental spaces… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
Home Star is a common sense idea that would create jobs and provide a boost to local economies, while helping families afford… — Peter Welch Copy Share Image
Now, if you're Al Gore, you can afford $10 a pop for squiggly-pig-tailed fluorescent light bulbs. But if you're mainstream America, two… — Joe Barton Copy Share Image
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