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" Wear the badge of environmental radicalism, and you're a citizen automatically under suspicion. "

Alexander Cockburn

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" During my travels in Iraq, Israel, Gaza, Brazil, Indonesia, Japan, Europe and all over the United States, I have seen and heard the voices of people who want change. They want the stabilization of the economy, education and healthcare for all, renewable energy and an environmental vision with an eye on generations to come. "

" Fossil fuels will run out not because of limited resources but because of the environmental impact. If I can solve that impact, I have basically increased the resource base by a vast amount. "

" Businesses can lead with their values and make money, too. You don't have to simply be purely profit-driven. You can integrate social and environmental concerns into a business, be a caring business, be a generous business and still do very well financially. "

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" To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken. "

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

" Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. "

" We, as a country, have always used innovative technology to advance environmental stewardship, reduction of those pollutants, but also grown our economy at the same time. "

" No clean energy development is complete without extensive environmental protections, and I've been proud to work in a bipartisan fashion with my colleagues in Congress to protect our most precious natural resources. "

" All our environmental problems become easier to solve with fewer people and harder - and ultimately impossible to solve - with ever more people. "

David Attenborough

" Beyond reducing individual use, one of our top priorities must be to move from fossil fuels to energy that has fewer detrimental effects on water supplies and fewer environmental impacts overall. "

" Birds are indicators of the environment. If they are in trouble, we know we'll soon be in trouble. "

Roger Tory Peterson

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

" By 1967, J. Edgar Hoover had concluded that the Black Panther Party had replaced the Communist Party as the gravest threat to national security. "

Alexander Cockburn

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

Mackenzie Crook

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

" I think the future for solar energy is bright. "

" To reduce the risk of a global environmental catastrophe, and to avoid reversing the course of human progress, the world must urgently bend the curve of global emissions away from fossil fuels. "

Johan Rockstrom

" As a group, we want to follow good and green strategy. Setting targets is one element of that. The second part is to design products which meet environmental goals. "

" In the end, I think the majority of Romanian society will understand that if we respect environmental protection standards, if we have benefits in taxes, royalties, jobs, we should do what all the modern countries in Europe and beyond are doing to take advantage of their natural resources. "

" I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry. "

Frank Murkowski

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" Time after time we're told corporations should have freedom from pesky job safety regulations, environmental protections and labor standards - giving working people the freedom to be crushed in collapsing mines, choke on filthy air and get paid too little to live on. "

" My mom was an environmental activist in Australia in the late '60s and '70s, and I guess I've inherited that awareness from her. "

" Autoimmunity is probably the next frontier. The majority of cases of autoimmune disease result from a complex genetic problem that has environmental influences. It is a colossal task for the immune system to maintain tolerance to self and yet be ready to react to everything in the world around us. "

" We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.' "

" In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace. "

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