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

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Philippe Cousteau, Jr.

" I always felt that if someone shot me, it would be great for the environmental movement, because they would make me a martyr. Our biggest fear was our children, because there was a tremendous amount of threat and intimidation, and my wife was terrified that the children might be grabbed or assaulted in some way. That was the real fear. "

" This Bush administration has a growing credibility gap, maybe even a credibility chasm, on environmental policy. The President has lost the trust of the American people when it comes to the environment. "

" Americans don't pay much attention to environmental issues, because they aren't sexy. I mean, cleaning up coal plants and reining in outlaw frackers is hugely important work, but it doesn't get anybody's pulse racing. "

" I believe very strongly that corporations could and should be a major force for resolving social and environmental concerns in the twenty-first century. "

William Clay Ford, Jr.

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

" 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. "

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

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

" It is horrifying that we have to fight our own government to save the environment. "

" I have younger friends who are in this pinch where they feel they've been counted out before they've had a chance to prove themselves. They've inherited a lot of debt - not just student debt but environmental debt, political debt. They really feel squeezed. "

G. Willow Wilson

" I see humanity now as one vast plant, needing for its highest fulfillment only love, the natural blessings of the great outdoors, and intelligent crossing and selection. "

" I think Barack Obama has brought a new level of ethical standards to Washington. Has he changed some basic hard-knuckle politics? No. You need hard-knuckle politics to succeed. "

" 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. "

" Growing Greener doesn't produce money for farmland preservation or open space preservation. "

" I think the environmental movement has failed in that it's used the stick too much; it's used the apocalyptic tone too much; it hasn't sold the positive aspects of being environmentally concerned and trying to pull us out. "

Edward Burtynsky

" Trans issues are also environmental issues. They're also healthcare issues. They're also national security issues. "

" The NFL, sadly, has a fatal environmental problem: It kills its workers. "

" If all mankind were to disappear, the world would regenerate back to the rich state of equilibrium that existed ten thousand years ago. If insects were to vanish, the environment would collapse into chaos. "

" Practically every environmental problem we have can be traced to our addiction to fossil fuels, primarily oil. "

" You want to keep the severity of our environmental problems in mind enough to keep yourself motivated but not enough to paralyze you into depression. "

" I want to work on environmental issues. "

" No day is alike - I do many other things, and I'm very active in the environmental movement. "

Jostein Gaarder

" What is true environmentalism? I think it's environmental stewardship - not prohibition. "

" The growth that we want is one that brings real benefits to the people, raises quality and efficiency of development, and contributes to energy conservation and environmental protection. "

" Businesses typically look at issues like price, quality, time of delivery. They don't often think about social and environmental impact because they're focused on their financial bottom line. "

Jerry Greenfield

" I think national issues play into gubernatorial races less than, obviously, in Senate and Congressional races. Much less. They tend to be more decided by personality, leadership qualities and by state or local issues. They still have some effect, no question about it, but not as much as Senate and Congressional races. "

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

" 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? "