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" Tar sands oil is dirtier, more corrosive, and worse for the environment than conventional oil. "
Tom Steyer
Oil
Sands
Worse
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" Clean energy is the ultimate growth strategy for our economy - one that would add millions more good-paying jobs right here in the United States. "
Tom Steyer
Energy
Strategy
Right
" What makes a successful country is when you invest in the people of the country - whether it's education, health care, job training - and you rebuild a clean America to provide the kind of infrastructure that will be sustainable and let us grow. "
Tom Steyer
Health
Training
Education
" I think I understand the relationships between different people within the company: people who are straightforward employees, people who can impact the bottom line, and people who share in the bottom line. I don't think you can understand inequality in America unless you understand what's driving profitability. "
Tom Steyer
America
Employees
You
" Voting is our right, but it is also our responsibility because if we don't take the next step and elect leaders who are committed to building a better future for our kids, other rights - our rights to clean air, clean water, health, and prosperity - are placed directly in harm's way. "
Tom Steyer
Way
Future
Health
" Climate change carries implications that stretch far beyond extreme weather, however. The effects on public health are far more alarming - and those have to be taken into account in order to calculate an accurate estimate of the costs of inaction. "
Tom Steyer
Change
Weather
Health
" When Republicans say they want to run government 'like a business,' they apparently mean 'run government like a Trump casino headed straight for bankruptcy court.' "
Tom Steyer
Government
Business
Want
" We try to separate the world into the stuff we can control and the stuff we can't. "
Tom Steyer
Separate
Control
World
" Our message to leaders from every continent was simple: California has succeeded on climate and clean energy because we've emphasized local, human values and built a coalition that includes community and environmental leaders, working families, and communities of color - as well as unions and progressive business. "
Tom Steyer
Community
Business
Simple
" As a Californian, I feel lucky to live in what is truly the Golden State - a place of sunshine, agricultural bounty, natural beauty, technological innovation, and boundless optimism. "
Tom Steyer
Sunshine
Beauty
Feel
" The dialogue around climate change can often become mired in gloom and doom, which is understandable given the topic. "
Tom Steyer
Dialogue
Climate Change
Change
" Tragically, no industry has done more to block crucial action to address climate change than the oil industry. "
Tom Steyer
Action
Done
Change
" To say Donald Trump would be a disaster for our country, our democracy, and our future would be doing a grave disservice to the word 'disaster.' "
Tom Steyer
Doing
Country
Say
" My mother, Marnie Fahr Steyer, was a lifelong smoker - up to three packs of unfiltered cigarettes a day. I like to think that, if Mom were still with us today, she'd be happy with the strides we've made to protect our children from the ongoing health crisis of tobacco addiction. "
Tom Steyer
Mother
Children
Day
" Violence never solves problems. It may cover them up temporarily because of the fear it is intended to inspire, but it is part of a cycle, not the end of a cycle. "
Tom Steyer
End
Fear
Violence
" The most expensive way to do business is to do it deal by deal, each of which is highly contentious. "
Tom Steyer
Way
Business
Expensive
" If you're struggling to make your mortgage payment, and you've got three kids between the ages of 12 and 18, and you and your spouse works, and someone says, 'Oh, by the way, the world's ending,' it's like, 'Please. You don't need to tell me that.' "
Tom Steyer
Three
World
You
" The idea of 'climate' - in quotation marks - is never going to be the issue. It's always going to be a local, human issue. And so to the extent that you put 'climate' on the ballot, that's never going to move the needle. "
Tom Steyer
Human
You
Always
" With many serious challenges facing our country - pressing issues like climate change, income inequality, and education - Trump has expressed neither the inclination nor the ability to take on these problems. "
Tom Steyer
Problems
Education
Challenges
" We think that when the American people make a decision together that they want something, politicians have to listen to them, and that's the process we believe in. "
Tom Steyer
Think
People
Decision
" As a presidential candidate, Donald Trump promised to 'fix the rigged system.' By 'fix,' he apparently meant rigging it to permanently benefit billionaires like himself. "
Tom Steyer
System
Donald Trump
Fix
" The more we allow Republicans to concentrate the lion's share of wealth in the hands of a few, the more power these wealthy few will have. And they will use this power to continue rewriting the rules of both our economy and our political system in their favor. "
Tom Steyer
Power
Rules
Political
" What Bernie Sanders is talking about, which is trying to get back to a more perfect democracy, is something that we support, too. We just think that the idea of... wishing the rules were different and then pretending they were is something which, unfortunately, probably would be disastrous from the standpoint of energy and climate. "
Tom Steyer
Rules
Democracy
Think
" I think Donald knows climate change is a serious threat - but he only cares about protecting his luxury coastal properties, not the rest of America. Observing his actions as they relate to his business interests offers the best insight into the man behind the bluster. "
Tom Steyer
Rest
Business
Best
" Only when the oil and gas industry has taken full account of, and responsibility for, the impacts of exploring for and extracting fossil fuels can we engage in a serious and worthy evaluation of whether fracking can indeed provide a bridge to a sustainable energy future. "
Tom Steyer
Bridge
Future
Responsibility
" Trump's one consistent position is that he will stop at nothing to protect his properties and his profits. "
Tom Steyer
Will
Nothing
Position
" I am a true believer that we have to change the way we generate and consume energy in the United States. "
Tom Steyer
United
I Am
Energy
" Republican politicians often evoke the Bible when it suits their purposes. But they disregard some of its most important teachings when formulating policy. This includes the story of Noah's Ark. "
Tom Steyer
Policy
Important
Story
" I'm willing to do just about anything to try and contribute to getting us back on a growth path that is just and good for America. "
Tom Steyer
Path
Good
America
" We agree that Citizens United is a very bad decision. We don't believe outspending your opponent is the way to go, since we don't believe we will ever be outspending our opponents! "
Tom Steyer
Believe
Decision
Opponent
" We can't double down on the failed energy policies of the past. "
Tom Steyer
Double
Down
Past