I don't like the term 'global warming,' because it's misleading. It implies something that's mainly about temperature, that's gradual, and that's uniform across the planet. And in fact, temperature is only one of the things that's changing. — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Issues of energy, climate change, nuclear arms control and non-proliferation are all big deals. These are problems that we have to get right globally,… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
People are seeing the impact of climate change around them in extraordinary patterns of floods and droughts, wildfires, heatwaves and powerful storms. — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Any objective look at what science has to say about climate change ought to be sufficient to persuade reasonable people that the climate is… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Reliable and affordable energy is essential for meeting basic human needs and fueling economic growth, but many of the most difficult and dangerous environmental… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
Wildfires are a result of temperature conditions, of soil moisture conditions; and, of course, something has to start it. — John Holdren Copy Share Image
The whole climate is changing: the winds, the ocean currents, the storm patterns, snow packs, snowmelt, flooding, droughts. Temperature is just a bit of… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
In today’s world, however, the number of children in a family is a matter of profound public concern. The law regulates other highly personal… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
I don't like the term 'global warming,' because it's misleading. It implies something that's mainly about temperature, that's gradual, and that's uniform across the… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
The need for de-development presents our economists with a major challenge. They must design a stable, low-consumption economy in which there is a much… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
A program of sterilizing women after their second or third child, despite the relatively greater difficulty of the operation than vasectomy, might be easier… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
There exists ample authority under which population growth could be regulated...It has been concluded that compulsory population-control laws, even including laws requiring compulsory abortion,… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
We are not, of course, optimistic about our chances of success. Some form of ecocatastrophe, if not thermonuclear war, seems almost certain to overtake… — John Holdren Copy Share Image
