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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
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Keystone pipeline is one of those things that's sort of a political driver. And mostly, the Republicans use it to sort of embarrass the president and embarrass quite a few Democrats who feel that there's a potential for an environmental disaster.
- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
My mom was an environmental activist in Australia in the late '60s and '70s, and I guess I've inherited that awareness from her.
- Protection
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- Nov 07, 2020
It should be noted that the EPA's banning of methanol is categorically absurd from the point of view of environmental protection.
- Advent
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- Nov 07, 2020
From 1859 to 1971, the U.S. oil industry grew virtually continuously, in the process serving mightily to drive our economy and win our wars. But that growth was stopped dead in 1971 and sent into decline thereafter, as the advent of the EPA and the accompanying National Environmental Policy Act made it increasingly difficult to drill.
- New
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- Nov 07, 2020
As I became more interested in behavior from the standpoint of neurobiology, the stress-response became really interesting. What stress physiology is about is - when there is a new environmental challenge, how does an individual adapt? It seemed like a natural transition.
- Just
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the environment should be put in the category of our national security. Defense of our resources is just as important as defense abroad. Otherwise what is there to defend?
- Going
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always knew that I was going be an environmental advocate when I was very young.
- Environmental Protection
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- Nov 07, 2020
You begin to see that all of these things are connected: The kind of cuts that mean less environmental protection are also the kind of cuts that mean less musical education for the schools and that also mean more overcrowded schools.
- Who
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would say Gary Snyder, who is from my part of the world as a poet and environmental thinker, will be read just as Henry Thoreau as John Muir will continue to be read.
- Codes
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- Nov 07, 2020
As the world's 'most dynamic' cities seek to manage their own urban growth, American state and local officials have much to offer. Our mayors can share their experiences in urban design, clean energy projects, Smart Grids, codes for energy efficient buildings, transportation safety, and innovative environmental solutions.
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why not put a tax on carbon emissions. It would raise a lot of money, it would reduce the environmental damages in the future, it would solve so many problems, and it would be a much more constructive thing to do than to think about raising the income tax.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves.
- Environmental Protection
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- Nov 07, 2020
Furthermore, both Pennsylvania and New Jersey Departments of Environmental Protection have evaluated the sediment to be dredged and also found it to be not toxic.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
I've always been a big supporter of the Surfrider Foundation. I started my own foundation, Rob Machado Foundation, which focuses on environmental education for the little people of the world.
- Freedom
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- Nov 07, 2020
Time after time we're told corporations should have freedom from pesky job safety regulations, environmental protections and labor standards - giving working people the freedom to be crushed in collapsing mines, choke on filthy air and get paid too little to live on.
- Quality
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- Nov 07, 2020