First of all, developed countries have basically expropriated the atmosphere of the world community. But one must say clearly that we redistribute… — Ottmar Edenhofer Copy Share Image
Since environmental and health damage is not factored into reducing GDP - and in fact the resulting health costs and the costs… — Prashant Bhushan Copy Share Image
Like most problems with technology, pollution is a problem of scale. The biosphere might have been able to tolerate our dirty old… — Ronald Wright Copy Share Image
What the new fertilizer technology has accomplished for the farmer is clear: more crop can be produced on less acreage than before.… — Barry Commoner Copy Share Image
Environmentalism is a form of pagan fundamentalism. These green wackos are fanatics like al-Quaida. Just like them. — G. Gordon Liddy Copy Share Image
We shall continue to have a worsening ecologic crisis until we reject the Christian axiom that nature has no reason for existence… — Lynn Townsend White, Jr Copy Share Image
If you look at the history of other movements, whether Civil Rights or environmental rights, these are all decades-long undertakings. — Mitch Kapor Copy Share Image
At first I thought I was fighting to save rubber trees, then I thought I was fighting to save the Amazon rain… — Chico Mendes Copy Share Image
Fundamentally, if you look at where the environmental issues are coming from, it's all because of humans and our impact on the… — David Filo Copy Share Image
If you cut down a forest, it doesn't matter how many sawmills you have if there are no more trees. — Susan George Copy Share Image
There have been more than 30,000 oil wells drilled in the Gulf of Mexico in the last 50 years. This is the… — Haley Barbour Copy Share Image
Perhaps one of the most meaningful ways to sense the impact of the environmental crisis is to confront the question which is… — Barry Commoner Copy Share Image
Research suggests that exposure to the natural world - including nearby nature in cities - helps improve human health, well-being, and intellectual… — Richard Louv Copy Share Image
Stark inequality, poverty, and unemployment are driving increased social unrest and, consequently, social and economic risk. Environmental deterioration may well intensify social… — Sharan Burrow Copy Share Image
It is unfortunate that some in our party have lost sight of the importance of conservation and environmental protection for keeping America… — David Jenkins Copy Share Image
You have to hold yourself accountable for your actions, and that's how we're going to protect the Earth. — Julia Hill Copy Share Image
The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
Overconsumption is the mother of all environmental problems. For the first time in the history of capitalism, consumption itself has become controversial. — Kalle Lasn Copy Share Image
The real wealth of the Nation lies in the resources of the earth soil, water, forests, minerals, and wildlife. To utilize them… — Rachel Carson Copy Share Image
If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilisation developed and to which life on Earth is adapted,… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
Entranced by promises of a material paradise of limitless luxury, humanity has too long ignored the mismatch between the imperatives of our… — David Korten Copy Share Image
...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. They have an awful track record, so they've lost credibility with the public. — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
The wave of new productive enterprises would provide opportunities to remedy the unjust distribution of environmental hazards among economic classes and racial… — Barry Commoner Copy Share Image
