Amount Quote by Michael Pollan

I think, in the long run, we have to wean ourselves from a carbon-based economy. We absolutely have to.

— John F. Kerry

We need a completely different type of economy - one which is truly green, sustainable, and embeds the biggest issues of the day into…

— Layla Moran

We need to make growth greener, to make our economic and environmental policies more compatible and even mutually-reinforcing. This is not just a matter…

— Jose Angel Gurria

It's not a matter of if economies around the world becoming low-carbon, but when and how: through struggle and strife or through advancement and…

— Lucy Powell

We must reduce all the emissions that are destroying the planet. However, that requires a change in lifestyle, a change in the economic model:…

— Hugo Chavez

hy is it you can impose a new tax and keep your economy growing? Only if you cut other taxes by exactly the same…

— Christy Clark

We know taxes slow down economic growth, so if you add a carbon tax you have to also minus other taxes. You can't take…

— Christy Clark

There are fundamental tensions between the biological reality of the planet and the economic reality. To some extent you can adapt the economy, create…

— Michael Pollan

Too often we think about the green economy as an elite market niche, one in which affluent people spend more money to consume greener…

— Van Jones

If you had a carbon tax, you'd have less cars and more bicycles, more people getting around on foot and by public transport.

— Richard Rogers

I'd like to see a little more action on the energy side of things. I've been pushing for some kind of a carbon tax…

— Robert F. Engle