Gale Norton Quotes

• What's near and dear to my heart is cooperative conservation.

  Gale Norton

  Heart, Dear God, Conservation

  "The Complete Gale Norton Interview". Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.

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• Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.

  Gale Norton

  Innovation, Environmental, Helping

  "The Complete Gale Norton Interview". Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.

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• I believe strongly that we need to get beyond rhetoric, beyond industry and environmentalists fighting with each other, and seriously solve problems.

  Gale Norton

  Believe, Fighting, Needs

  "The Complete Gale Norton Interview". Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.

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• We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.

  Gale Norton

  Country, Air, Quality

  Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.

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• We also know that China and India, as their economies ramp up, are using more and more energy.

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  Energy, India, Economy

  "Interior Secretary Gale Norton". "Hannity & Colmes", www.foxnews.com. March 9, 2005.

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• I started out as a Democrat.

  Gale Norton

  Democrat

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• Predators make it much more difficult to find consensus. It's a lot easier to agree about birds and plants than about animals that endanger people and livestock.

  Gale Norton

  Animal, People, Bird

  "The Complete Gale Norton Interview". Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.

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• Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?

  Gale Norton

  Government, Environmental, Regulation

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• Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains.

  Gale Norton

  Growing Up, Mountain, Colorado

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• My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.

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  Crazy, Hiking, Schedules

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• In Washington, there's always an effort to label people.

  Gale Norton

  People, Effort, Labels

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• I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.

  Gale Norton

  Thinking, Challenges, Environmental

  Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.

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• I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.

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  Thinking, Needs, Today

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• I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control.

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  Air, Years, Pollution Control

  Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.

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• Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.

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  Long, Natural, Resources

  "The Complete Gale Norton Interview". Interview with Alex Pasquariello, www.hcn.org. May 24, 2004.

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• Dating back to Teddy Roosevelt, hunters have been the pillar of conservation in America, doing more than anyone to conserve wildlife and its habitat.

  Gale Norton

  Hunting, America, Dating

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• I was a little too young to be a hippie.

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  Hippie, Littles, Young

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• Dense overgrown forests and rangelands have grown like a cancer. They need to be treated.

  Gale Norton

  Cancer, Needs, Forests

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