Air Quote by Wendell Berry

...whatever the self-righteous excesses of the environmentalist left, it is impossible to be true to traditional conservative values (to say nothing of the Christian…

— Rod Dreher

“The first imperative of a true conservative is CONSERVATION; conservation of air, land, water and living resources. If your issue doesn't meet that criteria…

— Brenna Ewing

Preservation of our environment is not a liberal or conservative challenge, it's common sense.

— Ronald Reagan

I'd say I'm a true conservative. Liberals have got a monopoly on protecting the environment, or all the cool technology, and I don't think…

— Thomas Massie

Conservative Americans care about the environment, they just happen to have a very different approach. They aren't 'deniers,' but instead have a real stake…

— Katie Pavlich

Instead of taking environmentalism away from the left, conservatives condemn it as a counsel of doom.

— Christopher Lasch

Conservatives like to think of animal protection as a trendy leftist cause, which makes it easier to brush off. And I hope that more…

— Matthew Scully

“It is vital that we avoid any hint of moral superiority in our dealings with one another in the environmental movement; if it developed…

— Edward Abbey

And that is what is behind the abrupt rise in climate change denial among hardcore conservatives: they have come to understand that as soon…

— Naomi Klein

We habitually engage in meddling with nature. Until this century most of this meddling was good. Witness the preservation of the European countryside. But…

— Lewis Thomas

“We must stand on the side of goodness, compassion and conscience, not to keep the processes in Nature functioning, but because if we don't,…

— Abhijit Naskar

Combating climate change requires government policy, and most conservatives hate the idea of more government regulation. Because they hate the prescription, they deny the…

— Thomas Friedman