Environment Quotes by Barack Obama

We can't just drill our way out of the energy and climate challenge that we face.

— Barack Obama

No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.

— Barack Obama

We will respond to the threat of climate change

— Barack Obama

The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril

— Barack Obama

Climate change constitutes a serious threat to global security.

— Barack Obama

For the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change.

— Barack Obama

The debate is settled. Climate change is a fact.

— Barack Obama

We have the power to make the world we seek, but only if we have the courage to make a new beginning …

— Barack Obama

Climate change is one of the issues I worry most about because its impacts are enormous. But they're gradual, they're not immediate.

— Barack Obama

You don't know how it would have turned out if [kids] would grown up in Chicago instead, and a more normal environment.

— Barack Obama

We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future…

— Barack Obama

My plan will continue to reduce the carbon pollution that is heating our planet because climate change is not a hoax.

— Barack Obama

Few challenges facing America and the world are more urgent than combating climate change. The science is beyond dispute and the facts…

— Barack Obama

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

Climate change poses a direct threat to the infrastructure of America that we need to stay competitive in this 21st-century economy.

— Barack Obama

In the absence of sound oversight,responsible businesses are forced to compete against unscrupulous and underhanded businesses, who are unencumbered by any restrictions…

— Barack Obama

The president is eager to get to work and looks forward to working with the new Congress on policies that will make…

— Barack Obama

The old rules may say we can't protect our environment and promote economic growth at the same time, but in America, we've…

— Barack Obama

We cannot tolerate a nuclear Iran. It would be a game changer. Not only would it threaten Israel, a country that is…

— Barack Obama

But to truly transform our economy, protect our security, and save our planet from the ravages of climate change, we need to…

— Barack Obama

The ability of Republican leaders to rile up their base - helped along by folks like Rush Limbaugh, some commentators on Fox…

— Barack Obama

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…

— Barack Obama

If you can look back and say, "The economy's better. Our security's better. The environment's better. Our kids' education is better," if…

— Barack Obama

What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility - a recognition, on the part of every American, that…

— Barack Obama

When you look at what [new generation] believe in, how they value diversity, how they believe in science, how they care about…

— Barack Obama

There are a lot of very religious scientists around. I think the problem here is that in our school systems, and to…

— Barack Obama

Look, first of all, the climate is changing. I don't think the science is clear what percentage is man-made and what percentage…

— Barack Obama

Part of what's unique about climate change, though, is the nature of some of the opposition to action. It's pretty rare that…

— Barack Obama

We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond…

— Barack Obama

As the United States begins a new chapter in our relationship with Cuba, we hope it will create an environment that improves…

— Barack Obama

The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how…

— Barack Obama

There's one issue that will define the contours of this century more dramatically than any other, and that is the urgent and…

— Barack Obama

Now, as the world's largest economy and as the world's second largest emitter, America bears our responsibility to address climate change, and…

— Barack Obama

It's not a choice between our environment and our economy; it's a choice between prosperity and decline.

— Barack Obama

...this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal...

— Barack Obama

Our environment is too important to neglect and it's time for the federal government to focus on real solutions and live up…

— Barack Obama

You are part of the first generation of officers to begin your service in a world where the effects of climate change…

— Barack Obama

When people are oppressed, and human rights are denied - particularly along sectarian lines or ethnic lines - when dissent is silenced,…

— Barack Obama

The world must come together to confront climate change. There is little scientific dispute that if we do nothing, we will face…

— Barack Obama

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