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" While the transition from a combustion-powered society to electrification is already underway due to market forces alone, this transition will take generations without support. But we have every incentive - environmental, economic, and yes, moral - to speed the evolution. "

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" Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies. "

Garrett Hardin

Impact

Environmental

Power

" It should be noted that the EPA's banning of methanol is categorically absurd from the point of view of environmental protection. "

" I've always thought the main argument for organic was more environmental than a health argument. I just don't think spraying a lot of pesticides into the environment on a routine basis is a good thing. "

John Mackey

Think

Environmental

" 'Make in India' is great, but 'Make It Happen in India' is even greater. Make It Happen in India is more than manufacturing. It's about training, about education, about societal development and automation and engineering. "

" Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy. "

" Energy cogeneration on Capitol Hill makes economic and environmental sense and should be pursued for those reasons. "

" What we know is that the environmental movement had a series of dazzling victories in the late '60s and in the '70s where the whole legal framework for responding to pollution and to protecting wildlife came into law. It was just victory after victory after victory. And these were what came to be called 'command-and-control' pieces of legislation. "

" Machines have the ability to assemble things faster than any human ever could, but humans possess the analytics, domain expertise, and valuable knowledge required to solve problems and optimize factory floor production. "

" I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences. "

Arnold Schwarzenegger

Fly

Environmental

Conferences

" Ecosystems are holy. The word "environmental" is a deadly compromise itself. It's a policy word that lives only in the head, and barely there. "

" Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything. "

" Even the government understands that the environmental challenge is so big that no single agency can handle it. It needs collaboration among all the stakeholders - companies, governments, NGOs and the public. Public accountability will be the ultimate driving force. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Furthermore, both Pennsylvania and New Jersey Departments of Environmental Protection have evaluated the sediment to be dredged and also found it to be not toxic. "

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

" The whole environmental policy in the Netherlands has no substance any more. "

Pim Fortuyn

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

" It is one of the issues that will have to be worked through however let me make the point and I think anyone would accept that if you set it up properly, not only will you get better environmental outcomes, you have a chance to create more wealth with the available resource. "

John Anderson

Chance

Better

" Look at your business and the activities that you undertake. Then, start to think about not just your economic concerns, but about social and environmental impacts that businesses have. "

" There is great potential for investments that are built around improving social, environmental, and economic conditions. "

" The environmental movement, like all political processes, reacts best to disasters. But these are very slow, very gradual disasters in the making. "

" You begin to see that all of these things are connected: The kind of cuts that mean less environmental protection are also the kind of cuts that mean less musical education for the schools and that also mean more overcrowded schools. "

" 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? "

" Develop resilience and be brave. There are days when it is very discouraging. You have to develop personal resilience to environmental things that come along. If you let every single environmental challenge knock you off your game, it's going to be very, very hard. "

" The discrimination of women and girls goes to the core of any and all analyses of the world's economic, political, and environmental problems. "

" If you're not in the business to improve society, you shouldn't be in business. "

" Ethanol is a premier, high performance fuel. It has tremendous environmental benefits and is a key component to energy independence for our country. "

" If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts. "