- Nov 07, 2020
Environmental Quotes
On awareness, activism, and the politics neither can escape.
One quote points to women in Kenya walking for hours to find water and firewood as the first to feel environmental degradation, grounding the topic in daily life rather than policy debate. For related themes, see our Earth quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Fear
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- Nov 07, 2020
Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.
- Hard Work
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- Nov 07, 2020
Since the day he came into office, President Bush has worked to gut more than 34 years of hard work by weakening many of our Nation's standing environmental laws, some of which were signed into law by his father.
- Bush Administration
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- Nov 07, 2020
This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment.
- Plants
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- Nov 07, 2020
I don't think we're going to save anything if we go around talking about saving plants and animals only; we've got to translate that into what's in it for us.
- Protection
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- Nov 07, 2020
Environmental protection doesn't happen in a vacuum. You can't separate the impact on the environment from the impact on our families and communities.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs.
- Energy Sources
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- Nov 07, 2020
But reducing harmful emissions, abating our dependence on foreign oil and developing alternative renewable energy sources have benefits that go beyond environmental health, they improve personal health, enhance national security and encourage our nation's economic viability.
- Nation
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- Nov 07, 2020
This Nation has realized significant environmental improvements over the last three decades.
- Culture
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- Nov 07, 2020
In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didn't have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture.
- Potential
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- Nov 07, 2020
The position I took at the time was that we hadn't really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.
- Important
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- Nov 07, 2020
What I remain opposed to is the idea that David Cameron could go around and give up workers' rights, give up environmental protection, give up a whole load of things that are very important.
- Death
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- Nov 07, 2020
The language 'It's too late' is very unsuitable for most environmental issues. It's too late for the dodo and for people who've starved to death already, but it's not too late to prevent an even bigger crisis. The sooner we act on the environment, the better.
- How
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- Nov 07, 2020
I find the parallels between how some investors refuse to recognise the trends and our reaction to some of our environmental challenges very powerful. There is an unwillingness to process unpleasant data.
- Moment
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mark Ruffalo, aka the Incredible Hulk, is the natural gas industry's worst nightmare: a serious, committed activist who is determined to use his star power as a superhero in the hottest movie of the moment to draw attention the environmental and public health risks of fracking.
- Energy Needs
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- Nov 07, 2020