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- 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
- Envision
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's it like to envision the ten-thousand-year environmental impact of tossing a plastic bottle into the trash bin, all in the single second it takes to actually toss it? Or the ten-thousand-year history of the fossil fuel being burned to drive to work or iron a shirt? It may be environmentally progressive, but it's not altogether pleasant.
- Green
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think there's a green side to John Kerry, if you like, that he's an environmental activist. His record on the environment is as best as you have on a pro-environment record of anybody in the U.S. Senate.
- Environmental Protection
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- Nov 07, 2020
It's Nixon who created the Environmental Protection Agency. Clean Air and Water Acts. Endangered Species Act. Promoted affirmative action. One could go on and on with Nixon as a New Deal liberal on domestic policy and a hawk, but one with great geo-political skills.
- Help
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- Nov 07, 2020
A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate.
- Fool
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- Nov 07, 2020
You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.
- Face
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- Nov 07, 2020
Like the other great revolutions, an environmental revolution will require sacrifices and lead to enormous gains. It, too, will change the face of the land and human institutions, hierarchies, self-definitions, cultures. It will take centuries. If it happens. There is no guarantee, of course.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented.
- Mankind
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- Nov 07, 2020
Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
All insulation is environmentally friendly. Some installation has better environmental credentials, but what matters is the energy it saves.
- Fossil
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- Nov 07, 2020
Practically every environmental problem we have can be traced to our addiction to fossil fuels, primarily oil.
- Change
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- Nov 07, 2020
To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken.
- Politicians
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- Nov 07, 2020
Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.
- Fish
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- Nov 07, 2020
No one does a better, cleaner, or environmental friendlier, than the United States, when it comes to drilling for oil, gas, coal, oil refineries and fish friendly hydroelectric.
- Place
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- Nov 07, 2020