Environmentalists changed the word jungle to rain forest, because no one would give them money to save a jungle. Same with swamps… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
“Everything that’s sexy — mussed hair, straps that fall off the shoulder, a sweaty glow on the face — is a bit… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Tundra is a huge, forever frozen wetland covering the entire coast of the Arctic Ocean. — Palmer Cox Copy Share Image
Natural erosion had reduced the critical barrier islands in the Gulf, the result of the destruction of some 300,000 acres of wetlands.… — Mortimer Zuckerman Copy Share Image
He imagines Owens' body dotted with saltwater reservoirs just below the skin. An entire wetland, populated with tiny fish and birds, thriving… — Lisa Lang Copy Share Image
Im a strong proponent of the restoration of the wetlands, for a lot of reasons. Theres a practical reason, though, when it… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Some types of environmental restoration projects are well-known restored wetlands, for instance, or coal mine reclamation projects. Recently though, larger dam removal… — Matt Gonzalez Copy Share Image
The "developed" nations had given to the "free market" the status of a god, and were sacrificing to it their farmers, farmlands,… — Wendell Berry Copy Share Image
Today, our incentives aren't set up well - you can make a lot of money burning fossil fuels, digging up wetlands, pumping… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
For many of us, water simply flows from a faucet, and we think little about it beyond this point of contact. We… — Sandra Postel Copy Share Image
In D.C., I've passed amendments to allocate $6.3 million to keep our waterways open for business, $1 million as a down payment… — Cedric Richmond Copy Share Image
I look at it this way... For centuries now, man has done everything he can to destroy, defile, and interfere with nature:… — George Carlin Copy Share Image
A scientist with a poet's command of language, Cristina Eisenberg writes with precision and passion . . . takes her reader on… — Elizabeth Cunningham Copy Share Image
The number of people displaced by dams is estimated at between 40 million and 80 million, most of them in China and… — Paul Brown Copy Share Image
“Thoreau the “Patron Saint of Swamps” because he enjoyed being in them and writing about them said, “my temple is the swamp…… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Humans are an infant species, a mere 150,000 years old. But, armed with a massive brain, we've not only survived, we've used… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
Explaining why President Bush wasn't following up on his campaign pledge that there would be no loss of wetlands: He didn't say… — Richard Darman Copy Share Image
