No one has the right to use America's rivers and America's Waterways, that belong to all the people. as a sewer. The… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
Earth Day gathered up those strands, and dozens more, and knitted them together in the public consciousness as "environmental" issues. The nation… — Denis Hayes Copy Share Image
When future generations judge those who came before them on environmental issues, they may conclude "they didn't know": let us not go… — Mikhail Gorbachev Copy Share Image
Toxins love to get you while you're young. Lead, mercury, secondhand smoke and sundry other environmental nasties do a lot more damage… — Jeffrey Kluger Copy Share Image
We've abnegated the Kyoto treaty, we've instituted a voluntary program that's obviously not been working, we've taken every effort to excise references… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Grave security concerns can arise as a result of demographic trends, chronic poverty, economic inequality, environmental degradation, pandemic diseases, organized crime, repressive… — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
There is little history in the study of nature, and there is little nature in the study of history. I want to… — Donald Worster Copy Share Image
No conscious person can read Peter D'Adamo's works without considering much more thoughtfully how their genetic inheritance relates to their needs for… — Jeffrey Bland Copy Share Image
If your DNA profile puts you at a higher risk of developing obesity, that doesn't mean it's your fate. You can take… — David Agus Copy Share Image
Environmental justice, for those of you who may not be familiar with the term, goes something like this: no community should be… — Majora Carter Copy Share Image
We have a project with Unocal here in Los Angeles, where we as an environmental organization, the oil company, and the state… — Ted Danson Copy Share Image
That, to me, is a kind of brilliant environmental ju-jitsu - using the energy of the market and the profit-motive to get… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
We are a retailer - we are a merchant. That is our business. But we look for places to make a positive… — Doug McMillon Copy Share Image
An important measure of our true commitment to environmental quality is our dedication to protecting the wilderness and its inhabitants. We must… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Incredibly, oil and gas companies don't have to pay certain environmental costs that amount to small change to them, while an offshore… — Chellie Pingree Copy Share Image
Though environmental orthodoxy holds that Third World deforestation is caused by rapacious clear-cutters and ruthless cattle barons, penniless peasants seeking fuel wood… — Gregg Easterbrook Copy Share Image
I grew up a squatter on the Lower East Side, so it's kind of a given that I'd have very strong opinions… — Rosario Dawson Copy Share Image
I gave my heart to the mountains the minute I stood beside this river with its spray in my face and watched… — Wallace Stegner Copy Share Image
Hydrologists have demonstrated that the meanderings of a creek are a necessary part of the hydrologic functioning. The flood plain belongs to… — Aldo Leopold Copy Share Image
We are committed to cleaning up the air and cleaning up the water. But we also are committed to a strong economy,… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
It is essential that we take steps to prevent chemical substances from becoming environmental hazards. Unless we develop better methods to assure… — Richard M. Nixon Copy Share Image
Over the past several decades, a growing number of investors have been choosing to put their money in funds that screen companies… — Rebecca MacKinnon Copy Share Image
There's more to being an environmentalist than occasionally signing an online petition and mailing your check to the Sierra Club. Really the… — Alex Steffen Copy Share Image
