Pollution Quotes

260 quotes by 202 authors

Recent studies have considered the detection of a spaceship visiting our parish of the galaxy. In my opinion that last thought should bring a blush… — Nigel Calder
As we gain satisfaction from artificial substitutes for nature we forget that there is no known substitute for Nature, the real thing and its eons… — Michael J Cohen
I believe that a desirable future depends on our deliberately choosing a life of action over a life of consumption, on our engendering a lifestyle… — Ivan Illich
The economy is still substantially that of the fur trade, still based on the same general kinds of commercial items: technology, weapons, ornaments, novelties, and… — Wendell Berry
There will be no more danger, pollution or destruction, none of these things that we suffer from so much today. Everything will be heavenly, beautiful… — David Berg
The effort to improve the conditions of man, however, is not a task for the few. It is the task of all nations-acting alone, acting… — John F. Kennedy
Choosing the most fuel-efficient vehicles within a class can save drivers at least $1,500 in fuel costs and avoid more than 15 tons of greenhouse… — Carol Browner
For plague and pestilence, plunder and pollution, the hazards of nature and the hunger of children are the foes of every nation. The earth, the… — John F. Kennedy
There is an increasing sense of what can be called legal pollution. — Thomas Ehrlich
Buying pollution credits is folly; it doesn't help the environment. Instead of using tax dollars to buy credits overseas, we'll use them at home. — Stephen Harper
The diesel engine industry has illegally poured millions of tons of pollution into the air, .. It's time for the industry to clean up its… — Janet Reno
The most alarming of all man's assaults upon the environment is the contamination of air, earth, rivers, and sea with dangerous and even lethal materials.… — Rachel Carson
In the last few decades entire new categories of waste have come to plague and menace the American scene. Pollution is growing at a rapid… — Lyndon B. Johnson
You have to realize: OK, I don't know how to solve a political problem, I don't know how to solve the pollution problem... all I… — Jewel
The farmer and the farm, like "the environment," are looked upon, for example, as means to offset trade deficits. The farm is a place where… — Wes Jackson
Eighty percent of air pollution comes from plants and trees. — Ronald Reagan
The biggest tab the public picks up for fossil fuels has to do with what economists call 'external costs,' like the health effects of air… — Jeff Goodell
Australia is the only island continent on the planet, which means that changes caused by planet-warming pollution - warmer seas, which can drive stronger storms,… — Jeff Goodell
Nature is a numbers game. We need all the support we can get as our immune systems and health are under assault from pollution, stress,… — Paul Stamets
Canada regards herself as responsible to all mankind for the peculiar ecological balance that now exists so precariously in the water, ice and land areas… — Pierre Trudeau

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