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" Sadly, it's much easier to create a desert than a forest. "

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" Nevertheless, there is another threat on the horizon. I see this threat in environmentalism which is becoming a new dominant ideology, if not a religion. Its main weapon is raising the alarm and predicting the human life endangering climate change based on man-made global warming. "

" 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. "

" Ever since we achieved a breakthrough in the area of recombinant DNA in 1973, left-wing nuts and environmental kooks have been screaming that we will create some kind of Frankenstein bug or Andromeda Strain that will destroy us all. "

James D. Watson

" If there are more and more environmental refugees, they are going to end up on your doorstep too. "

" I don't see this planet being... they're talking about how they're turning around the environmental problems here, but I think it's already too late. "

" The environmental crisis is a global problem, and only global action will resolve it. "

" Though dams and artificial lakes can have significant negative environmental impacts, when carefully considered, mitigated, and managed, the benefits of hydropower often outweigh these costs. "

" The environmental effects of the automobile are well known: motor vehicles cause, for example, as much as 75 percent of the noise and 80 percent of the air pollution in our cities, and the industry must face mounting pressure from environmentalists. "

" I like the outdoors and the natural world. Environmental issues. "

Mackenzie Crook

" Without the oceans there would be no life on Earth. "

" I refuse to stand by and watch as Sen. Tester tries to implement his radical environmental agenda here and kill our coal industry and destroy thousands of Montana jobs. "

" If you look at the history of other movements, whether Civil Rights or environmental rights, these are all decades-long undertakings. "

" I have heard over and over again that the drilling business is a dangerous business, and death is an expected part of the game, but I've also heard of the way that safety violations, human and environmental laws, and a concern for the local culture are flaunted in pursuit of money. "

Alexandra Fuller

" I tell my environmental friends that they have won. Every issue we look at from an energy perspective is now also looked at from an environmental perspective. "

" Natural gas obviously brings with it a number of quality-of-life environmental benefits because it is a relatively clean-burning fuel. It has a CO2 footprint, but it has no particulates. It has none of the other emissions elements that are of concern to public health that other forms of power-generation fuels do have: coal, fuel oil, others. "

" Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented. "

" If you look around the world, the countries with the best environmental practices are the wealthiest. There's a reason for that. If you're worried about where your next meal is going to come from or shelter over your head, your focus is on those things. "

" We can no longer pretend that business is immune from the rising tide of environmental or social challenges or that companies can create value in isolation from the communities of which they are a part. "

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

" I write a lot of environmental stories. "

" Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement. "

" 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. "

Donella Meadows

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

" The Chinese have figured out that they have a giant environmental problem. Folks in Beijing, some days, literally can't breathe. Over a million Chinese die prematurely every year because of air pollution. "

" We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true; our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has been gained through a massively inefficient use of natural resources. "

" In today's world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate - and even thrive - in an environmentally-friendly manner. "

" I'm sad that it's uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues. "

" I align myself with almost all researchers in assuming that anything we do is a composite of whatever genetic limitations were given to us by our parents and whatever kinds of environmental opportunities are available. "

" The fact is that the rich are getting richer while the poor are being left behind. Women remain under-represented in boardrooms and under-engaged in the global workforce. Environmental change is leaving the poorest countries vulnerable. Voters are becoming more and more politically polarised and partisan. "

" Like I said, I'm more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms. "