Zac Goldsmith Quotes

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• Green policy is about triggering a shift to a cleaner way of doing things. To be effective, it needs to incentivise the right behaviour, for…
• All schools should teach children basic cooking skills. Every school should be able to buy sustainable, good quality food wherever possible from local sources. Every…
• Anyone driving through London after the school term ends will notice immediately how much easier it is to get around. The school run contributes massively…
• Of all the waste we generate, plastic bags are perhaps the greatest symbol of our throwaway society. They are used, then forgotten, and they leave…
• In North America, more than half of all children travel to school by bus. We need a similar programme in London.
• A pound invested in energy efficiency buys seven times more energy solution than a pound invested in nuclear power.
• The Conservatives are a confusing lot. They first denied climate change was a serious issue and then suggested strengthening the nuclear industry as a solution…
• I do not organize my private life with an eye to my career.
• I could just go to the horse races and take lovely holidays, but I have some strong views, and I want to make a difference.
• The two million or so residents who live beneath the Heathrow flight path are accustomed to the noise. However, they are right to feel that…
• The 5,000 or so acres of Royal Parks are one of the things that make London special.
• Even Karaoke needs higher standards than I can reach, so I have gone great lengths to avoid being bullied into it.
• I think sometimes if you are too interested in day-to-day politics, you lose sight of the long term.
• I am cynical about politicians. My experience of politicians has been thoroughly negative. I have found that politicians are people that can not be taken…
• Europe believes that providing clear labelling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by the vast majority of…
• A number of countries around the world, and indeed the E.U. as a whole, have chosen not to allow the import from the U.S. of…
• Leonardo DiCaprio is a rare phenomenon. Whereas for so many celebrities an interest in the environment is a fashionable accessory, for DiCaprio it is a…

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