“Since about 1850, twice as much atmospheric carbon dioxide has derived from farming practices as from the burning of fossil fuels (the… — Judith D. Schwartz Copy Share Image
Most people talk as if Miami and Bangladesh still have a chance of surviving: most of the scientists I spoke with assume… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
Because the financial power of the fossil-fuel industry is so great it can, and has, delayed any real action of the climate… — Bill McKibben Copy Share Image
Bitumen is junk energy. A joule, or unit of energy, invested in extracting and processing bitumen returns only four to six joules… — Thomas Homer-Dixon Copy Share Image
If we're serious about our kids having a livable world, building fossil fuel infrastructure in 2018 is a sign of deep negligence,… — Elizabeth May Copy Share Image
“Americans put almost as much fossil fuel into our refrigerators as our cars. We're consuming about 400 gallons of oil per year… — Steven L. Hopp Copy Share Image
At issue is not whether the global economy will pass away. It is passing away. Rising populations and debt combined with depletion… — Daniel Suarez Copy Share Image
Burning all the fossil fuels will destroy the planet we know, Creation, the planet of stable climate in which civilization developed. — James Hansen Copy Share Image
“Coal, oil and gas are called fossil fuels, because they are mostly made of the fossil remains of beings from long ago.… — Carl Sagan Copy Share Image
Nuclear power, once regarded as petroleum's natural heir, has become less and less attractive as its numerous drawbacks come to light. Coal,… — Lester R. Brown Copy Share Image
Remember that the problem is bigger than the car you drive or the types of lightbulbs in city hall. We need a… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The fossil fuel industry for too long has shifted enormous costs of carbon pollution onto the public. — Bernie Sanders Copy Share Image
The American Republican Party is the last political bastion of the fossil fuel industry - now so in tow to the fossil… — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
“They will also tell you how far along we are along the depletion curve; the optimists among them will even claim that… — Dmitry Orlov Copy Share Image
“Suppose we humans are, as a species, exhibiting disease behavior: we’re multiplying with no regard for limits, consuming natural resources as if… — Joseph C. Jenkins Copy Share Image
Burning fossil fuels has given us the gift of seeing ourselves in new ways. But that very gift now enables us to… — Sylvia Earle Copy Share Image
We are now, measurably, reducing the availability of these life-supporting goods which we can think of (though only on the conditions of… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
For people who currently have to burn fossil fuels to produce meager, polluting light, LED lighting is a game changer. — Shuji Nakamura Copy Share Image
Now we are all learning what it's like to reap the whirlwind of fossil fuel dependence... Our destructive addiction has given us… — Robert F. Kennedy, Jr Copy Share Image
The divestment movement is a start at challenging the excesses of capitalism. It's working to delegitimize fossil fuels and showing that they're… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
The fossil fuel industry has been a particular disgrace, polluting our politics as well as our planet. — Sheldon Whitehouse Copy Share Image
“Facebook is to mental health, what fossil fuel is to climate health.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels. — Nancy Pelosi Copy Share Image
