Burning Quote by James Hansen

What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.

— James Hansen

We speak often of 'destroying the planet' when what we mean is destroying its habitability for humans.

— Lionel Shriver

By burning fossil fuels, we are already dumping 30 billion tons of CO2 into the atmosphere every year, which has a profound effect on…

— Jeff Goodell

There is nothing efficient about destroying the planet as we know it because vested interests want to keep us addicted to fossil fuels.

— Clive Lewis

Civilization as we know it will come to an end sometime in this century unless we can find a way to live without fossil…

— David Goodstein

“So we now know the formula for extinction. Something happens to increase global temperatures five to six degrees, which triggers a melting of the…

— Thom Hartmann

It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.

— James Hansen

Unless we stop dumping 70 million tons of global warming pollution into the atmosphere every 24 hours, which we are doing right now ...…

— Al Gore

Doom yourself to horrific climate change by burning all that carbon and releasing all that CO2. Or power down society, reducing total energy usage…

— Ramez Naam

Burning natural gas will not save us from climate change. It's the same as burning any other carbon-based fuel.

— Mark Ruffalo

The consensus is clear. We need an immediate and determined shift to a clean, renewable economy. The continued mass burning of fossil fuels is…

— Al Gore

Unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels... we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe

— Barack Obama