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" The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline. "

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" The quicker we humans learn that saving open space and wildlife is critical to our welfare and quality of life, maybe we'll start thinking of doing something about it. "

" Sooner or later, we will have to recognise that the Earth has rights, too, to live without pollution. What mankind must know is that human beings cannot live without Mother Earth, but the planet can live without humans. "

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

" I have long understood that climate change is not only an environmental issue - it is a humanitarian, economic, health, and justice issue as well. "

Frances Beinecke

" Vegetarians have been around for a very long time - Pythagoreans forbade eating animals more than 2,500 years ago - but even as the environmental evidence mounted, they didn't appear to be winning the argument. "

Tristram Stuart

" There's every reason to think that whatever their political leanings, Americans will be highly receptive to numerous reforms designed to improve health, safety, economic security, environmental quality and democratic self-government - at least if those reforms do not eliminate their freedom of choice. "

" Helping people understand the impact of key environmental and human issues worldwide is something that I'm passionate about. CNN's 'Going Green' series of specials are engaging viewers around the world through important messages of conservation and hope. "

Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

" Determining the value of individual texts has been an ideological scuffle in literary criticism for centuries: but the environmental cost of printing them hauls this dispute from the ivory tower into day-to-day decision-making. Is it right to write? The publishing industry is slowly beginning to commit to using sustainably harvested trees. "

Tristram Stuart

" I find the parallels between how some investors refuse to recognise the trends and our reaction to some of our environmental challenges very powerful. There is an unwillingness to process unpleasant data. "

Jeremy Grantham

" Loads of chemicals and hazardous wastes have been introduced into the atmosphere that didn't even exist in 1948. The environmental condition of the planet is far worse than it was 42 years ago. "

" I want to work on environmental issues. "

" Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity. "

" 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. "

" I wanted to help raise awareness, so I created an environmental foundation called Just Within Reach. "

Kevin Richardson

" 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. "

" At Current, television is all we do - that's our business. We don't have amusement parks I have to worry about, we don't have environmental cases against us, we don't have a series of outdoor-advertising companies. "

Keith Olbermann

" There is no larger collective-action problem than the environment. The three biggest lies of the environmental movement is that every little bit helps, you can do your part, and together we can do it. "

" Overtime, hatchery fish tend to show signs of domestication and these traits adapted to the hatchery environment can make it more difficult to survive in the wild. "

" If China is helping its domestic industries charge an artificially low price for solar panels and other environmental goods, then China is violating international trade rules that it agreed to when it became a member of the World Trade Organization. "

" No one should be able to enter a wilderness by mechanical means. "

" I think future engineered species could be the source of food, hopefully a source of energy, environmental remediation and perhaps replacing the petrochemical industry. "

" We have a project with Unocal here in Los Angeles, where we as an environmental organization, the oil company, and the state all get together to promote the recycling of used motor oil. "

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

" Ultimately, auto designers need to overcome market challenges with innovative design solutions. The automotive industry is at a turning point with environmental and economic conditions on one side and breakthrough technology on the other, so it will be fascinating to see how these design leaders envision the future. "

" The infrastructure for linking environmental health and public health is not working as well as it should. "

" It is extremely important to me that the social and environmental issues associated with the production of fashion clothing are addressed. "

" Our work on light bulbs wasn't an arbitrary mandate. We didn't just pick a standard out of the air, or look for a catchy sounding standard like 25 by 2025 not based in science or feasibility. Instead, we worked with both industry and environmental groups to come up with a standard that made sense and was doable. "

" Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together. "

" We won't have a society if we destroy the environment. "

" Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived. "