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
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
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
“the global bonfire of fossil fuels will heighten the likelihood of pandemics on its own, in a way that is likely to… — Sonia Shah Copy Share Image
The hardest problem of all is to appreciate the facts that the poor nations are - quite reasonably - not going to… — Philip Kitcher Copy Share Image
“Worshipping God is like mining for fossil fuels,” someone argued. “Plenty of smart people know it is shortsighted, and yet they have… — Dan Brown Copy Share Image
We can no longer continue feeding our addiction to fossil fuels as if there is no tomorrow. For there will be no… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
The truth is, natural organisms have managed to do everything we want to do without guzzling fossil fuels, polluting the planet or… — Janine Benyus 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
The atmospheric CO2 concentration is rising - mainly due to the burning of fossil fuels. It's agreed that this build-up will, in… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
Burning fossil fuels emits carbon dioxide. And carbon dioxide is a greenhouse gas that traps heat in the atmosphere. There is no… — Christine Todd Whitman Copy Share Image
Japan is a model already to the lie that economic growth is the key to our future. If they can really show… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
“Fracking ensures that the age of oil-and it's princely hydrocarbon cousin, the natural gas molecule-will not end because we have run out… — Russell Gold 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
People sometimes say we need to be really almost on a wartime footing if you want to change. Our whole economy is… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
“Here's what I think the truth is: We are all addicts of fossil fuels in a state of denial. And like so… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
We all know that we have to get off of fossil fuels. And we know that the world is going in that… — Josh Fox 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
I like the analogy that the way that we live in Western Society, the energy that we consume in the form of… — John Lindsay Copy Share Image
Without an end to the burning of fossil fuels, coal especially, most of us will live shorter lives. I'm hopeful, but very,… — Bill Nye Copy Share Image
We're going to get off fossil fuels, no question. We may not do it quickly enough to avoid some pain, and I'm… — David Grinspoon Copy Share Image
If aliens did visit us, I'd be embarrassed to tell them we still dig fossil fuels from the ground as a source… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Burning fossil fuels is like breaking up the furniture to feed the fireplace because it's easier than going out to the woodpile. — Theodore Roosevelt Copy Share Image
What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
I think that the world is in the middle of a huge transition that we have to make to renewable energy. We… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
To reduce the risk of a global environmental catastrophe, and to avoid reversing the course of human progress, the world must urgently… — Johan Rockstrom 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
If a power station were to be built down the road, I'd prefer a nuclear plant over an oil burner, and definitely… — James Lovelock Copy Share Image
Imagine spending four billion years stocking the oceans with seafood, filling the ground with fossil fuels, and drilling the bees in honey… — Barbara Ehrenreich Copy Share Image
There is hardly an activity that a person can think about that does not intrinsically involve energy, most of which is currently… — Lee R. Raymond 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 must get rid of fossil fuels by developing injection systems for automobiles, which can run on bio-fuel. — A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Copy Share Image
You've got to do everything, everything's got to be pointing in the same direction and you've got to really turn this whole… — Elizabeth Kolbert 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
Our dependence on fossil fuels amounts to global pyromania, and the only fire extinguisher we have at our disposal is renewable energy. — Hermann Scheer Copy Share Image
Nuclear power and fossil fuels are the choices of the past. Renewable energy is the choice of the future that is here… — Hermann Scheer Copy Share Image
From my perspective, we must create an equitable path forward to energy independence, not only from foreign countries, but also independence from… — John Fetterman Copy Share Image
There has always been enough fossil fuels to power human civilization for hundreds and perhaps thousands of years, and nuclear energy is… — Michael Shellenberger Copy Share Image
Fracking locks the U.K. into an industry that is based on fossil fuels long after our country needs to have moved to… — Barry Gardiner Copy Share Image
Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on… — Dan Lipinski Copy Share Image
