Cases Quote by Barry Commoner

Today, scientists sound the alarm on other environmental dangers. Vested interests still hire their own scientists to confuse the issue. But in the end,…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

Why are ecologists and environmentalists so feared and hated? This is because in part what they have to say is new to the general…

— Garrett Hardin

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

— Christopher Lasch

“In case after case, Fred Singer, Fred Seitz, and a handful of other scientists joined forces with think tanks and private corporations to challenge…

— Naomi Oreskes

Some of the most important discoveries that scientists have made were not what they were seeking at the time.

— Jamie Hyneman

Americans long thought that nature could take care of itself-or that if it did not, the consequences were someone else's problem. As we know…

— Jimmy Carter

From the cranberry cancer scare of the 1950s to the Alar-in-apples hysteria of the 1980s, from the "new ice age" of the 1960s to…

— Harry Browne

How is it that, in the face of overwhelming scientific evidence, there are still some who would deny the dangers of climate change? Not…

— Nicholas Stern

Now it is the least developed world who are not responsible for this climate change phenomenon that bore the brunt of climate change consequences…

— Ban Ki-moon

For decades, I thought that scientific truth, solid economic case studies, and common sense were enough to bring about change on the environmental front.…

— Annie Leonard

“When a company (e.g. Enron) is calling for more environmental regulation, we need to look very carefully at what they might stand to gain…

— Bjorn Lomborg

...Environmental groups are too often alarmists. They have an awful track record, so they've lost credibility with the public.

— Nicholas D. Kristof