--- title: "Best Jeff Goodell Quotes" description: "Jeff Goodell is an American author of seven non-fiction books and a longtime contributing writer to Rolling Stone. Goodell's writings are known for a fo..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b073/author-jeff-goodell-8272.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b073/author-jeff-goodell-8272.jpg) # Jeff Goodell (1949) Journalist United States **82** quotes in **740** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Jeff Goodell is a journalist from the United States, best known for *Big coal*. ## Quick Facts About Jeff Goodell Born November 30, 1949 Nationality United States Profession Journalist Notable works Big coal ## About Jeff Goodell Jeff Goodell is an American author of seven non-fiction books and a longtime contributing writer to Rolling Stone. Goodell's writings are known for a focus on energy and environmental issues. He is Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council and a 2020 Guggenheim Fellow. ## Awards & Honors Guggenheim Fellowship ## Quotes by Jeff Goodell · Page 2 > [Among all the tests President Obama faced in his first term, his biggest failure was climate change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/among-all-the-tests-president-obama-faced-in-his-first-term-his/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5e1/jeff-goodell-8272_change_among-all-the-tests-president-obama-face_527057.png) > [Coal boosters like to tout coal as cheap and plentiful - well, not anymore. At least not in China.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/coal-boosters-like-to-tout-coal-as-cheap-and-plentiful-well-not/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Cheap](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cheap/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ea/jeff-goodell-8272_cheap_coal-boosters-like-to-tout-coal-as-cheap_1384304.png) > [“We are already engineering the Earth’s operating system by dumping billions of tons of greenhouse gases into it every year. We’re just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/we-are-already-engineering-the-earth-s-operating-system-by-dumping/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/jeff-goodell-8272_climate_we-are-already-engineering-the-earth-s-o_2684603.png) > [Geoengineering - the deliberate, large-scale manipulation of the earth's climate to offset global warming - is a nightmare fix for climate change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/geoengineering-the-deliberate-large-scale-manipulation-of-the-earth-s/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/856/jeff-goodell-8272_change_geoengineering-the-deliberate-large-scal_2779288.png) > [Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn't show some political…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/obama-wants-to-be-thought-of-as-the-president-who-freed-us-from/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Courage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/courage/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/591/jeff-goodell-8272_courage_obama-wants-to-be-thought-of-as-the-pres_1065332.png) > [Climate change is a global issue - from the point of view of the Earth's climate, a molecule of CO2 emitted in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/climate-change-is-a-global-issue-from-the-point-of-view-of-the-earth/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/394/jeff-goodell-8272_change_climate-change-is-a-global-issue-from-th_2790272.jpg) > [The idea that human beings have taken a few steps closer toward asserting control over the Earth's climate is likely to strike…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/the-idea-that-human-beings-have-taken-a-few-steps-closer-toward/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Bad](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bad/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3c4/jeff-goodell-8272_bad_the-idea-that-human-beings-have-taken-a_2371878.jpg) > [The coal industry is an even larger part of the Australian economy than it is of the American, and it has an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/the-coal-industry-is-an-even-larger-part-of-the-australian-economy/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [American](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d4/jeff-goodell-8272_american_the-coal-industry-is-an-even-larger-part_2925777.png) > [Mark Ruffalo, aka the Incredible Hulk, is the natural gas industry's worst nightmare: a serious, committed activist who is determined to use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/mark-ruffalo-aka-the-incredible-hulk-is-the-natural-gas-industry-s/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Activist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/activist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/jeff-goodell-8272_activist_mark-ruffalo-aka-the-incredible-hulk-is_1200851.png) > [The end of coal in Appalachia doesn't mean that America is running out of coal (there's plenty left in Wyoming). But it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/the-end-of-coal-in-appalachia-doesn-t-mean-that-america-is-running/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/110/jeff-goodell-8272_america_the-end-of-coal-in-appalachia-doesn-t-me_211444.png) > [If you are interested enough in the climate crisis to read this post, you probably know that 2 degrees Centigrade of warming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/if-you-are-interested-enough-in-the-climate-crisis-to-read-this-post/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Acknowledged](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/acknowledged/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/731/jeff-goodell-8272_acknowledged_if-you-are-interested-enough-in-the-clim_1261485.png) > [But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/but-big-oil-and-big-coal-have-always-been-as-skilled-at-propaganda-as/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Big](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/big/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9c/jeff-goodell-8272_big_but-big-oil-and-big-coal-have-always-bee_2929163.png) > [In recent years, America's wealthiest man has begun to tackle energy issues in a major way, investing millions in everything from high-capacity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/in-recent-years-america-s-wealthiest-man-has-begun-to-tackle-energy/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Air](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/air/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c3f/jeff-goodell-8272_air_in-recent-years-america-s-wealthiest-man_2052085.png) > [It's not all Obama's fault: His plans to rebuild America's energy infrastructure have been hampered by the recession, and his efforts on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/it-s-not-all-obama-s-fault-his-plans-to-rebuild-america-s-energy/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/005/jeff-goodell-8272_america_it-s-not-all-obama-s-fault-his-plans-to_2124682.png) > [Not since the days of George W. Bush's 'Clear Skies' and 'Healthy Forests' initiatives has America been presented with a project as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/not-since-the-days-of-george-w-bush-s-clear-skies-and-healthy-forests/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cab/jeff-goodell-8272_america_not-since-the-days-of-george-w-bush-s-cl_2584500.jpg) > [In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/in-any-crass-political-calculation-drilling-for-oil-will-always-win/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Always](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/always/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e3/jeff-goodell-8272_always_in-any-crass-political-calculation-drill_1300019.jpg) > [One thing you can say about nuclear power: the people who believe it is the silver bullet for America's energy problems never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/one-thing-you-can-say-about-nuclear-power-the-people-who-believe-it/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [America](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/america/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d9a/jeff-goodell-8272_america_one-thing-you-can-say-about-nuclear-powe_63417.png) > [Even the biggest coal boosters have long admitted that coal is a dying industry - the fight has always been over how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/even-the-biggest-coal-boosters-have-long-admitted-that-coal-is-a/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Admitted](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/admitted/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e35/jeff-goodell-8272_admitted_even-the-biggest-coal-boosters-have-long_2726769.png) > [The first sign of whether Obama is serious about confronting the climate crisis will be revealed by how he organizes the White…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/the-first-sign-of-whether-obama-is-serious-about-confronting-the/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [About](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/about/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cc/jeff-goodell-8272_about_the-first-sign-of-whether-obama-is-serio_1272321.png) > [For better or worse, the bulk of coal industry jobs are in Appalachia - and when that coal is gone, so are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/for-better-or-worse-the-bulk-of-coal-industry-jobs-are-in-appalachia/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Appalachia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appalachia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e4/jeff-goodell-8272_appalachia_for-better-or-worse-the-bulk-of-coal-ind_3168485.png) > [This Dewdrop World is a beautiful, courageous, intimate film about love and loss. It may also be the deepest meditation on climate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/this-dewdrop-world-is-a-beautiful-courageous-intimate-film-about-love/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Beautiful](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/beautiful/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a2/jeff-goodell-8272_beautiful_this-dewdrop-world-is-a-beautiful-courag_578557.png) > [The relevant questions now are: How do we move beyond coal? How do we bring new jobs to the coal fields and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/the-relevant-questions-now-are-how-do-we-move-beyond-coal-how-do-we/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Been](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/been/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b3/jeff-goodell-8272_been_the-relevant-questions-now-are-how-do-we_2535006.png) > [Ever since the collapse of cap and trade legislation and the realization that President Obama is unlikely to ever utter the words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/ever-since-the-collapse-of-cap-and-trade-legislation-and-the/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Again](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/again/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/984/jeff-goodell-8272_again_ever-since-the-collapse-of-cap-and-trade_1303140.jpg) > [You think the weather is weird now? Just wait. A new MIT study, just published in a peer-reviewed journal, projects that the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/you-think-the-weather-is-weird-now-just-wait-a-new-mit-study-just/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ef/jeff-goodell-8272_climate_you-think-the-weather-is-weird-now-just_245193.png) > [Is it in our national interest to overheat the planet? That's the question Obama faces in deciding whether to approve Keystone XL,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/is-it-in-our-national-interest-to-overheat-the-planet-that-s-the/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Barrels](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/barrels/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/093/jeff-goodell-8272_barrels_is-it-in-our-national-interest-to-overhe_2341916.png) > [“When I asked the mayor if flood insurance rates had gone up after Sandy, he said, “Not really.” This is how disaster…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/when-i-asked-the-mayor-if-flood-insurance-rates-had-gone-up-after/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Disaster relief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/disaster-relief/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0d0/jeff-goodell-8272_disaster-relief_when-i-asked-the-mayor-if-flood-insuranc_414916.png) > [In reality, Republicans have long been at war with clean energy. They have ridiculed investments in solar and wind power, bashed energy-efficiency…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/in-reality-republicans-have-long-been-at-war-with-clean-energy-they/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Clean](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/clean/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b6c/jeff-goodell-8272_clean_in-reality-republicans-have-long-been-at_1349249.png) > [Australia has suffered a decade of drought, epic floods, a Category 5 cyclone, and a plague of locusts. But just because Aussies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/australia-has-suffered-a-decade-of-drought-epic-floods-a-category-5/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Aussies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/aussies/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/018/jeff-goodell-8272_aussies_australia-has-suffered-a-decade-of-droug_2167434.png) > [What is likely to vanish - or be transformed beyond recognition - are many of the things we think of when we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/what-is-likely-to-vanish-or-be-transformed-beyond-recognition-are/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Almost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/almost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d35/jeff-goodell-8272_almost_what-is-likely-to-vanish-or-be-transform_1193322.png) > [From the industry's point of view, the problem is not that coal companies blast the top off mountains, turning the area into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/from-the-industry-s-point-of-view-the-problem-is-not-that-coal/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Air](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/air/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f91/jeff-goodell-8272_air_from-the-industry-s-point-of-view-the-pr_2519454.png) > [But overall, Obama's record on the environment has been uninspired - and that's putting it kindly. He hasn't stopped coal companies from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/but-overall-obama-s-record-on-the-environment-has-been-uninspired-and/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Appalachia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appalachia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/206/jeff-goodell-8272_appalachia_but-overall-obama-s-record-on-the-enviro_1362217.png) > [By burning fossil fuels, we are already dumping 30 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year, which has a profound…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/by-burning-fossil-fuels-we-are-already-dumping-30-billion-tons-of-co2/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Atmosphere](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atmosphere/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/jeff-goodell-8272_atmosphere_by-burning-fossil-fuels-we-are-already-d_2375371.png) > [You gotta love Rick Perry's swagger. The Texas Governor is out there in the Iowa cornfields, unabashedly going to toe-to-toe with President…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/you-gotta-love-rick-perry-s-swagger-the-texas-governor-is-out-there/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Best](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/best/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1a7/jeff-goodell-8272_best_you-gotta-love-rick-perry-s-swagger-the_1095681.png) > [One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/one-of-the-big-questions-in-the-climate-change-debate-are-humans-any/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Baths](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baths/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db4/jeff-goodell-8272_baths_one-of-the-big-questions-in-the-climate_2855407.png) > [With nine degrees of warming, computer models project that Australia will look like a disaster movie. Habitats for most vertebrates will vanish.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/with-nine-degrees-of-warming-computer-models-project-that-australia/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Australia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/australia/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f12/jeff-goodell-8272_australia_with-nine-degrees-of-warming-computer-mo_1578868.png) > [Maybe more climate activists will think about the climate change not as an international problem to be resolved in an air-conditioned meeting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/maybe-more-climate-activists-will-think-about-the-climate-change-not/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Activist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/activist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c20/jeff-goodell-8272_activist_maybe-more-climate-activists-will-think_2200755.png) > [“If we burn all the known reserves of coal, oil, and gas on the planet, seas will likely rise by more than…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeff-goodell/if-we-burn-all-the-known-reserves-of-coal-oil-and-gas-on-the-planet/) [Jeff Goodell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeff-goodell/) [Climate](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/climate/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f8/jeff-goodell-8272_climate_if-we-burn-all-the-known-reserves-of-coa_1553185.png) > [Drill everything, mine everything, roll back regulations, tweak the science, expedite permits. Sound familiar? 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