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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
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
Ever since the environmental movement was sparked by photos of the whole Earth taken by astronauts onboard Apollo Lunar Modules, I've seen planetary exploration as an extension of a reverence and care for Earth.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
Fundamentally, if you look at where the environmental issues are coming from, it's all because of humans and our impact on the environment, so while it's true that one individual is not going to sufficiently fix the environment, it is a necessary thing.
- Practice
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why should we not expect self-designated environmental leaders to practice what they preach?
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment.
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- Nov 07, 2020
We had a great chance in the mid-2000s to reach an accord with the Chinese on both energy and environmental issues. That deal would have essentially been that the U.S. could provide the equipment and expertise, and the Chinese would help close the trade gap. It was a huge opportunity that we failed to exploit.
- I Can
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- Nov 07, 2020
All we can hope for is that the thing is going to slowly and imperceptibly shift. All I can say is that 50 years ago there were no such thing as environmental policies.
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- Nov 07, 2020
All our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people and harder - and ultimately impossible to solve - with ever more people.
- Fate
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- Nov 07, 2020
If your DNA profile puts you at a higher risk of developing obesity, that doesn't mean it's your fate. You can take control of the environmental side of the equation and reduce your overall lifetime risk by a lot.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
And I know that the younger generation is doing things that are so ingenious. And for them it's not a matter of a political belief or an environmental stance. It's really just common sense.
- Matter
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- Nov 07, 2020
The industrial processes in use today were developed at a time when no one had to consider what the environmental impact was. Who cared? But making ecological concerns matter to a company's bottom line will help it do the research and development that will reinvent everything we buy.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm into environmental and ecological issues, so maybe that is an avenue to go down.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Yet, despite our many advances, our environment is still threatened by a range of problems, including global climate change, energy dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels, and loss of biodiversity.
- Emission
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- Nov 07, 2020
The hydrogen powered car, with its high fuel mileage and zero emission rate, is just one example of the products under development that will help increase our energy independence.
- Fossil
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- Nov 07, 2020
The high prices also highlight the fact that the U.S. is too heavily dependent on fossil fuels that we import from unstable parts of the world. To protect our national security, we must become more energy secure.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The environmental benefits of hydrogen are also outstanding. When used as an energy source, hydrogen produces no emissions besides water. Zero polluting emissions, an amazing advance over the current sources of energy that we use.
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- Nov 07, 2020