Barack Obama Quotes About Fossil Fuels

• The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril. There may still be disputes about exactly how much we're contributing to the warming of the earth's atmosphere and how much is naturally occurring, but what we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of no return. And unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels and chart a new course on energy in this country, we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe.

  Barack Obama

  Country, Ignorance, Issues

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

• Unless we free ourselves from a dependence on these fossil fuels... we are condemning future generations to global catastrophe

  Barack Obama

  Generations, Fuel, Fossils

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

• What we can be scientifically certain of is that our continued use of fossil fuels is pushing us to a point of no return

  Barack Obama

  Use, Fuel, Fossils

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

• The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril

  Barack Obama

  Issues, Climate, Peril

  Barack Obama (2009). “Barack Obama: Speeches on the Road to the White House”

• If we're going to prevent large parts of this Earth from becoming not only inhospitable but uninhabitable in our lifetimes, we're going to have to keep some fossil fuels in the ground rather than burn them and release more dangerous pollution into the sky.

  Barack Obama

  Sky, Fuel, Earth

  "Obama rejects Keystone XL pipeline and hails US as leader on climate change" by Suzanne Goldenberg and Dan Roberts, www.theguardian.com. November 6, 2015.

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