Climate Quotes · Page 76

We're going to bake this planet, and be a curse to all species, including our own, if we don't find an alternative…

— Van Jones

The record rainfall and storm surges that have brought flooding across the UK are a clear sign that we are already experiencing…

— Nicholas Stern

Speaking of prostitutes, big oil's top call girl Sen Inhofe wants to kill fuel economy backed by automakers, small biz, enviros, & consumers

— Robert F. Kennedy, Jr

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

I think it's unfair to say that Chinese companies are squeezing out American companies. China has so many solar companies that are…

— Shi Zhengrong

There's definitely healing properties to being in proximity to the ocean and that breeze. There's something about that Caribbean climate and humidity.

— Johnny Depp

You'd be forgiven for thinking that climate change means we'll have to sacrifice our creature comforts. But it doesn't have to be…

— Mark Lynas

Ever since I was defense minister, I have participated in global meetings on the issue of climate and security.

— Ali Bongo Ondimba

People are kind of upset with British Petroleum CEO Tony Hayward. Over the weekend, he was out on his yacht. And when…

— David Letterman

I believe [the Department of Energy] should be judged not by the money we direct to a particular State or district, company,…

— Steven Chu

Don't you see that the whole aim of Newspeak is to narrow the range of thought? Has it ever occurred to you,…

— George Orwell

If there is no cost to be paid for the indiscriminate dumping of pollution into the earth's atmosphere, then it should be…

— Al Gore

With the right infrastructure in place, home solar will be recognized publicly as affordable, easy, and smart, and every new home built…

— Lynn Jurich

I think the environmental movement has failed in that it's used the stick too much; it's used the apocalyptic tone too much;…

— Edward Burtynsky

With increasing fervor since the 1980s, sustainability has been the watchword of scientists, environmental activists, and indeed all those concerned about the…

— Jamais Cascio

We now know that climate action does not require economic sacrifice. This is fully in line with the World Bank Group's findings.…

— Sri Mulyani Indrawati

The EPA's [Clean Power Plan] is another example of Washington's lack of understanding when it comes to rural and Western energy issues.…

— Ann Kirkpatrick

Of course there are collaborations. But in official meetings with Western diplomats from the US and the European Union, the major issues…

— Yoweri Museveni

I had a real come-to-Jesus a couple of years ago when I started to see the direct line between feminism and everything…

— Amanda Palmer

Critics of the global warming agenda are motivated... by a love of freedom and civil liberties. They want a discussion based on…

— Deneen Borelli

Government has the responsibility to provide the climate in which Americans, all Americans, have an opportunity for good jobs; and not only…

— Richard M. Nixon

“Short-termism also dominates in the marketplace. The market uses a discount rate of 10% per year (or more) when comparing costs now…

— Jørgen Randers

“Models are models - and the real world is different. For example, for the last three years the world economy has grown…

— Carl Pope

It is commonly said that if rational argument is so seldom the cause of conviction, philosophical apologists must largely be wasting their…

— Austin Farrer

Whether you're a banker or a botanist - the economic benefits of a clean energy revolution are compelling.

— Barry Gardiner

[The Clean Power Plan] is an important step toward curbing carbon pollution and addressing climate change.

— Michael Bennet

First, by 2020, North America will be energy independent by taking full advantage of our oil and coal and gas and nuclear…

— Mitt Romney

Global warming. I think we really need a government that tells us what to do. It's chronic. I was in New York…

— Alice Eve

I'm not against Kyoto. I just think it's a fantasy, especially considering China's energy predicament and their coal supplies.

— James Howard Kunstler

We have to face the reality of climate change. It is arguably the biggest threat we are facing today.

— William Hague

Under [Tim] Cook's leadership, Apple is now using 100 percent renewable energy in the U.S. and China, and it's worked to improve…

— Laura Sydell

We've passed an energy bill in the House, to help us be less reliant upon foreign oil so we can get gas…

— Steve Chabot

Everybody talks about population growth and its disastrous effect on climate change, food security and resource depletion, but nobody does anything about…

— Phil Harding

Foreign policy is inseparable from domestic policy now. Is terrorism foreign policy or domestic policy? It's both. It's the same with crime,…

— David Miliband

Climatologists are all agreed that we'd be lucky to see the end of this century without the world being a totally different…

— James Lovelock

Finally, we should help developing nations like China and India curb their exponentially increasing consumption of oil and natural gas, which is…

— Bobby Jindal

My feeling is that nuclear is a distraction. It stops us doing what we all know we need to do invest urgently…

— Marc Edwards

Hillary's [Clinton] policies on climate change are a problem too. We ignore her track record at our peril.

— Jill Stein

Nuclear represents a significant low-carbon opportunity. The electricity it produces is green and reliable.

— Ed Davey

Others [terrorists] are engaging even in an eco-type of terrorism whereby they can alter the climate, set off earthquakes, volcanoes remotely through…

— William Cohen