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" On the environmental front there's concern about global warming and high levels of carbon dioxide, and trees take in CO2 and store carbon. "

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" Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies. "

" It is the greatest scam in history. I am amazed, appalled and highly offended by it. Global Warming; It is a scam. Some dastardly scientists with environmental and political motives manipulated long term scientific data to create an illusion of rapid global warming. "

" Human civilization as we know it is like the Titanic headed for the iceberg, whether the iceberg be nuclear, environmental or terrorism-related. "

Marianne Williamson

" You don't have to live in the country and grow your own food to be green. "

" We copied laws and regulations from western countries, but enforcement remains weak, and environmental litigation is still quite near impossible. "

" The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war. "

" One of the things that I've always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own environmental performance on an index as they do in other ways. "

" All living beings, not just animals, but plants and microorganisms, perceive. To survive, an organic being must perceive - it must seek, or at least recognize, food and avoid environmental danger. "

" We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment. "

" Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever. "

Leonardo DiCaprio

" There are a tremendous amount of environmental issues that are on the table. "

" EarthEcho Expeditions represents the culmination of more than a decade of working with educators and youth from around the world. EarthEcho Expeditions uses the thrill of adventure to inspire and empower a new generation of environmental champions. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

" Cities all over the world are getting bigger as more and more people move from rural to urban sites, but that has created enormous problems with respect to environmental pollution and the general quality of life. "

" The environmental movement does not always have to be about stopping things. It can be about fixing problems. "

" 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. "

" If you can't be in awe of Mother Nature, there's something wrong with you. "

" There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly linked to various human diseases and animal agriculture is an environmental disaster for the planet. "

Gary L. Francione

" Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law; in journalism, literature and art. "

" The planet's environmental woes tend to be overlooked as we scramble for the latest high-tech gizmos - and conveniently ignore their energy consumption. "

Sheherazade Goldsmith

" Nature is regulating our climate for free. Mother Nature, she's been doing that for free, for a long, long time. Now do you really want to get in there and do geo-engineering and all this kind of stuff? "

Thomas Friedman

" It is a world of extremes, which can be characterised most clearly in terms of exclusion. That means political exclusion, whereby the rights of citizens are marginalised by the interests of big business: George W Bush's environmental policy, for example, is clearly formulated in the interests of U.S. energy companies. "

" I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century... This is a problem that cannot be postponed. "

Mikhail Gorbachev

" Fracking has been used for more than 60 years to successfully drill over a million oil and gas wells in the U.S. Nonetheless, the prevailing mythology on the radical left is that the technology is 'poisoning our children' by polluting the water we drink and the air we breathe. "

" I'm such an advocate for animal rights and environmental rights. "

" Energy cogeneration on Capitol Hill makes economic and environmental sense and should be pursued for those reasons. "

" There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly. "

" People are overwhelmed looking up at the Mount Everest of environmental challenges that we face. But you put one foot in front of the other and you recognize that not everyone is Sir Edmund Hillary. "

" There is a muscular energy in sunlight corresponding to the spiritual energy of wind. "

" Smog is affecting larger parts of China, and environmental pollution has become a major problem, which is nature's red-light warning against the model of inefficient and blind development. "

" We have very strong environmental laws in the United States and elsewhere around the world. The problem is that they're seldom enforced. "

Robert Kennedy, Jr.