Better off Quote by Fred Upton

We have not done the things that are necessary to lower emissions because those things fundamentally conflict with deregulated capitalism. ... We are stuck…

— Naomi Klein

Are we better off if we displace jobs and investments to other countries and global emissions go up? I say no. Let's bring that…

— Andrew Scheer

We need to put a price on carbon, and that's what cap-and-trade does and that's also what a CO2 tax does. As long as…

— Al Gore

I think 99% of climate scientists would agree that we need to reduce emissions as quickly as possible, and then begin removing greenhouse gasses…

— Margaret D. Klein

I have advocated an entirely different approach than cap and tax, which would be worldwide in application and which emphasizes technology as a way…

— Jim Sensenbrenner

Globally, emissions may have to be reduced, the scientists are telling us, by as much as 60% or 70%, with developed countries likely to…

— Michael Meacher

We can still cap carbon, but that needn't be at the top of the agenda that we communicate to voters.

— Ted Nordhaus

We run enormous risks and we know what kind of reductions of greenhouse gases are necessary to drastically reduce risks. Reducing emissions by half…

— Nicholas Stern

The US needs a cap and trade system with auctioning of licenses for emissions rights. The revenues from these auctions can be used to…

— George Soros

We allow it to be dumped into this community asset, which is our one and only atmosphere. So that has to change, and there's…

— Jay Inslee

We have to remove the CO2 that the industrial economy has already emitted, which otherwise will remain in the atmosphere for hundreds of years…

— Graciela Chichilnisky

There would be a cost for dumping carbon into our atmosphere and a cap on total emissions. The government must make a clear and…

— Van Jones