- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Climate Change Quotes
Words on a problem that stopped feeling abstract.
These quotes trace climate change from a distant academic topic to a widely acknowledged and pressing concern, touching on carbon pricing as one practical response. Others connect it to broader patterns of resource depletion and waste. For related messaging, see Slogans.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not as convinced as a lot of people are that man-made climate change is the threat they think it is.
- Droughts
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- Nov 07, 2020
We need healthy forests if we want to protect our climate. As the climate changes, forests become more vulnerable to insect outbreaks, droughts and wildfires. Simultaneously, when our forests are destroyed, their carbon is released back into the atmosphere, further impacting climate change. It's a horrifying one-two punch.
- Climate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Indeed, for all Donald Trump's railing about the efforts to curb climate change, nobody in his administration seems to have paid any attention to what they actually are.
- Climate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Obama issued a slew of executive orders about climate change during the eight years of his presidency. Inexplicably, President Trump revoked about half of them but left the other half in place. Since Obama's orders were intertwined, it's unclear exactly what applies.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
All cities do face similar, significant trends in the future... most importantly global warming and climate change.
- Conserving
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is impossible to talk about slowing climate change without talking about reducing CO2 emissions. Equally, it is impossible to talk about adapting to climate change without considering how we will feed ourselves. And it is out of the question that we can adapt agriculture without conserving crop diversity.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
The scientific consensus is that climate change is real, urgent, and caused by humans. This science should be both supported and understood by anyone who hopes to lead NASA, one of our nation's top science agencies.
- Difficult
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- Nov 07, 2020
Islands are going to suffer from climate change in very, very difficult ways. And it's not just Pacific islands. It's not just Puerto Rico.
- Climate
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans are worried about climate change because they can already witness its effects. They see its signature in the drought in California, where record heat has dried the state's fertile soil.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
Americans know our only response in the face of mounting risks from climate change must be the swift transition to a clean energy economy. We do not have the luxury of burying our heads in the sand.
- More
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- Nov 07, 2020
For every expert that says humans are the cause of 'climate change' there are 10 more who say we aren't.
- Federal Level
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will work hard at the federal level to defend our progress on climate change, but we know that forward progress on climate must happen locally.
- Opinion
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- Nov 07, 2020
Those who do not think religious organizations should have an opinion on climate change misunderstand the former and the moral dimension of the latter.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020