The fossil fuel industry will inevitably have to experience major cutbacks and, over the longer term, near-total demise. There is simply no… — Robert Pollin Copy Share Image
Coal is responsible for as much atmospheric carbon dioxide as other fossil fuels combined and it still has far greater reserves. We… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
“The food industry burns nearly a fifth of all the petroleum consumed in the United States (about as much as automobiles do).… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
The United States must recognize that access to reliable and affordable energy is the basis for economic expansion - and global competitiveness.… — John S. Watson Copy Share Image
There is nothing efficient about destroying the planet as we know it because vested interests want to keep us addicted to fossil… — Clive Lewis Copy Share Image
Ocean acidification looks suspiciously like a back-up plan by the environmental pressure groups in case the climate fails to warm: another try… — Matt Ridley Copy Share Image
The choice before us is simple. Will we continue to subsidize the dirty fossil fuels of the past, or will we transition… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
In the United States, cheap fossil fuel has eroded communities. We're the first people with no real practical need for each other.… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Simply from greening our energy system and eliminating fossil fuel pollution, we get so much healthier that the savings in health care… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
Coal and oil lobbyists added fossil fuels to a bill aimed at helping American manufacturers, so they too could claim 'manufacturing' tax… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
People are are moving away from the fossil fuel-based economy, to a more renewable economy. That is what is called the 'transition… — Satish Kumar Copy Share Image
The only countries that have successfully moved from fossil fuels to low-carbon power have done so with the help of nuclear energy. — Michael Shellenberger Copy Share Image
We can combat climate change effectively. What we are lacking now is not the brain power, not the knowledge, not the technology.… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The earth is warming at an alarming rate, we are running out of fossil fuels, and it is long past time for… — William J. Clinton Copy Share Image
We've known for years that to avoid the worst impacts of climate change we must work to end our reliance on fossil… — Alex Padilla Copy Share Image
We must move away from our dependency on fossil fuels, and I am glad that GM has invested over $1 billion in… — Albert Wynn Copy Share Image
Hillary Clinton understands that a president's job is to worry about future generations, not the short-term profits of the fossil fuel industry. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
We need to achieve zero emissions from fossil fuel sources by the second half of the century. That doesn't mean by 2050… — Jose Angel Gurria Copy Share Image
There is also a great deal of behind-the-scenes pressure from political funders too. And by funders I don't just mean the fossil… — Katharine Hayhoe Copy Share Image
Horizontal and vertical sprawl... are the dinosaurs of an ending fossil-fuel age of synthetic culture. — Leon Krier Copy Share Image
Fossil fuels are raw materials that have to be extracted and processed. Wind and solar energy are different. The only costs associated… — Tom Steyer Copy Share Image
It will be nearly impossible to slow warming appreciably without condemning much of the world to poverty unless energy sources that emit… — Henry Sylvester Jacoby Copy Share Image
Permaculture principles focus on thoughtful designs for small-scale intensive systems which are labor efficient and which use biological resources instead of fossil… — Bill Mollison Copy Share Image
An oil crisis looms, prices are spiking - and our president is extolling algae. After Solyndra, Keystone and promises of seaweed in… — Charles Krauthammer Copy Share Image
