--- title: "8 Environmental Groups Quotes by 8 authors" description: "Browse 8 Environmental Groups quotes by 8 authors. Discover the best Environmental Groups sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/sigourney-weaver-4349_all-kinds_people-who-run-environmental-groups-and_444353.jpg" --- > [People who run environmental groups and things like that, who have to listen to all kinds of nonsense and keep their tempers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigourney-weaver/people-who-run-environmental-groups-and-things-like-that-who-have-to/) [Sigourney Weaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sigourney-weaver/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/sigourney-weaver-4349_all-kinds_people-who-run-environmental-groups-and_444353.jpg) > [...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. They have an awful track record, so they've lost credibility with the public.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicholas-d-kristof/environmental-groups-are-too-often-alarmists-they-have-an-awful-track/) [Nicholas D. Kristof](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicholas-d-kristof/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/nicholas-d-kristof-4679_alarmists_environmental-groups-are-too-often-alarm_1186674.png) > [We don't think it is fair for these environmental groups to be beating up Belize over this little dam when their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/said-musa/we-don-t-think-it-is-fair-for-these-environmental-groups-to-be/) [Said Musa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/said-musa/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/acb/said-musa-24048_environmental_we-don-t-think-it-is-fair-for-these-envi_1300949.jpg) > [“It's one of those showers that make you think you should write a check to several environmental groups – and maybe plant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andre-agassi/it-s-one-of-those-showers-that-make-you-think-you-should-write-a/) [Andre Agassi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andre-agassi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/813/andre-agassi-2822_plant-a-tree_it-s-one-of-those-showers-that-make-you_1763381.jpg) > [Although environmental groups sometimes raise issues in the confirmation process, environmental protection is not central to the fear-mongering of the liberal interest…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/benjamin-wittes/although-environmental-groups-sometimes-raise-issues-in-the/) [Benjamin Wittes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/benjamin-wittes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dee/benjamin-wittes-9097_conservative_although-environmental-groups-sometimes_2305822.jpg) > [“Averting the looming (pick your favorite term) catastrophe, time bomb, crisis, or emergency, requires us to hew to their worldview, one in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-bryce/averting-the-looming-pick-your-favorite-term-catastrophe-time-bomb/) [Robert Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-bryce/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/robert-bryce-54024_climate_averting-the-looming-pick-your-favorite_2331870.jpg) > [I've been a longtime supporter of all sorts of environmental groups.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-densmore/i-ve-been-a-longtime-supporter-of-all-sorts-of-environmental-groups/) [John Densmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-densmore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d04/john-densmore-3925_environmental_i-ve-been-a-longtime-supporter-of-all-so_2414580.png) > [We think the problem is out there, when the problem is really in here - who we are and how we experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gordon-hempton/we-think-the-problem-is-out-there-when-the-problem-is-really-in-here/) [Gordon Hempton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gordon-hempton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9d4/gordon-hempton-18344_believe_we-think-the-problem-is-out-there-when-t_3127530.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/environmental-groups/#itemlist", "name": "Environmental Groups Quotes", "numberOfItems": 8, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People who run environmental groups and things like that, who have to listen to all kinds of nonsense and keep their tempers, are very diplomatic and very inclusive.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Sigourney Weaver" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sigourney-weaver/people-who-run-environmental-groups-and-things-like-that-who-have-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/sigourney-weaver-4349_all-kinds_people-who-run-environmental-groups-and_444353.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/sigourney-weaver-4349_all-kinds_people-who-run-environmental-groups-and_444353.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c4f/sigourney-weaver-4349_all-kinds_people-who-run-environmental-groups-and_444353.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“People who run environmental groups and things like that, who have to listen to all kinds of nonsense and…” — Sigourney Weaver", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. 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The biggest and most influential environmental groups routinely preach a message of doom. They regularly claim, for instance, that technology is dangerous (their opposition to nuclear and GMOs are obvious examples of this mindset) and that industrial development must be stopped in order to the save the planet. However, the painful paradox is that they are aiming to stop many of the innovations that are helping to improve the environment and raise the living standards of millions of people. 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