Burning Quote by Mark Kirk

So we in Congress have a very clear choice. We can take largely symbolic action and sit back and fiddle while Americans burn more…

— Sherwood Boehlert

Clearly, we need to have the very best advice and counsel on what actions can be taken to help lower the cost of gasoline.

— Jeff Bingaman

I think we need to go straight at the fossil fuel industry.

— Bill McKibben

The lesson for the next U.S. president: Raise the taxes on fuel. A lot.

— Serge Schmemann

It is time to cut out the mountains of waste and inefficiency and duplication in the federal government.

— Mitt Romney

Handcuffing the ability of states and localities to develop clean fuels in the cheapest possible way, using local resources, is not sound or sensible…

— Jan Schakowsky

We need to reinstate the idea of federalism.

— Jeff Fortenberry

The fossil reserves that have already been discovered exceed what can ever be safely used. Yet companies spend half a trillion dollars each year…

— Desmond Tutu

Obama's clean power plan, methane regulations, and increased fuel economy standards are about as good as our political system can do at this point…

— Dale Jamieson

If the Administration does nothing, high gasoline prices will continue to increasingly burden our economy, taking millions of dollars out of the hands of…

— Byron Dorgan

I don't see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That leaves fuel economy standards as the only effective tool…

— Sherwood Boehlert

We need to profoundly revise all of our taxes and charges. The aim is to tax pollution - notably fossil fuels - more, and…

— Nicolas Sarkozy