Environmental Problems Quotes - Page 2

I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservative, political movement in this country is not a trend towards the future but a reaction to this very broad shift that we are undergoing.

Paul Hawken

Country, Thinking, Political

7 Copy quote
We have a basic notion that unless we find a solution for environmental problems, we will not achieve sustainable growth in the coming years

Hiroyuki Watanabe

Business, Years, Growth

5 Copy quote
The NFL, sadly, has a fatal environmental problem: It kills its workers.

Matt Taibbi

Nfl, Environmental, Problem

4 Copy quote
On almost every environmental issue I care about, in fact, I've been wrong at one point or another. I used to think that climate change was no big deal, that most environmental problems were massive exaggerations, that oil reserves were effectively unlimited, and more.

Ramez Naam

Thinking, Oil, Issues

"Q&A with Ramez Naam: Dialogues on the Environment". Interview with Mark Tercek, bigthink.com.

4 Copy quote

Show source
If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.

David Suzuki

Impact, Addiction, Environmental

23 Copy quote
I am on the board of corporations who contribute both to environmental problems and their solutions. And I am on the NGO side: the Earth Council and other organizations.

Maurice Strong

Organization, Environmental, Boards

7 Copy quote
Our ingenuity in feeding ourselves is prodigious, but at various points our technologies come into conflict with nature's ways of doing things, as when we seek to maximize efficiency by planting crops or raising animals in vast mono-cultures. This is something nature never does, always and for good reasons practicing diversity instead. A great many of the health and environmental problems created by our food system owe to our attempts to oversimplify nature's complexities, at both the growing and the eating ends of our food chain.

Michael Pollan

Technology, Animal, Diversity

Michael Pollan (2009). “The Omnivore's Dilemma: The Search for a Perfect Meal in a Fast-Food World”, p.11, Bloomsbury Publishing

4 Copy quote

Show source
We know it (meat eating) is indisputably the number one cause of global warming. So what does it mean exactly to be an environmentalist on a daily basis if you are not thinking about the number one cause of global warming or one of the top two or three causes of all other environmental problems? Does it mean you are necessarily someone who doesn't care about the environment? Obviously not, but it might mean you have a blind spot for something big.

Jonathan Safran Foer

Mean, Thinking, Blind Spots

4 Copy quote
If man has not found ways to deal with environmental problems such as water and air pollution by 1998, it will be too late. The future is not determined and it lies in our own hands.

Margaret Mead

Lying, Men, Air

6 Copy quote
Most Americans don't know about environmental problems, because we have in our country a negligent and indolent press. The biggest lie that the right wing holds in our country is that there is such a thing as a liberal media. Americans are getting their news from the right-wing media.

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.

Country, Lying, Wings

30 Copy quote
The Earth faces environmental problems right now that threaten the imminent destruction of civilization and the end of the planet as a livable world. Humanity cannot afford to waste its financial and emotional resources on endless, meaningless quarrels between each group and all others. there must be a sense of globalism in which the world unites to solve the real problems that face all groups alike.

Isaac Asimov

Real, Emotional, Civilization

Isaac Asimov (2009). “I, Asimov: A Memoir”, p.591, Bantam

11 Copy quote

Show source
It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe...

Frederick Seitz

Cutting, Environmental, Problem

"2008 Climate Debate" by William F. Jasper, www.thenewamerican.com. March 31, 2008.

4 Copy quote

Show source
The oceans are in trouble. There are some serious problems out there that I believe are not clear to many people. My hope is to continually find new ways of creating images and stories that both celebrate the sea yet also highlight environmental problems. Photography can be a powerful instrument for change.

Brian Skerry

Photography, Powerful, Believe

7 Copy quote
An environmental revolution is taking shape in the United States. This revolution has touched communities of color from New York to California and from Florida to Alaska - anywhere where African Americans, Latinos, Asians, Pacific Islanders, and Native Americans live and comprise a majority of the population. Collectively, these Americans represent the fastest growing segment of the population in the United States. They are also the groups most at risk from environmental problems.

Robert D Bullard

New York, Native American, Alaska

15 Copy quote
It is one thing to impose drastic measures and harsh economic penalties when an environmental problem is clear-cut and severe....It is foolish to do so when the problem is largely hypothetical and not substantiated by observations....we do not currently have any convincing evidence or observations of significant climate change from other than natural causes.

Frederick Seitz

Cutting, Convincing Evidence, Environmental

"2008 Climate Debate" by William F. Jasper, www.thenewamerican.com. March 31, 2008.

8 Copy quote

Show source
The destruction of aquatic ecosystem health, and the increasing water scarcity, are in my opinion the most pressing environmental problems facing human kind.

Maude Barlow

Ecosystems, Water, Environmental

16 Copy quote
To solve the new century's mounting social and environmental problems, people of color activist and white activists need to be able to join forces. But all too often, the unconscious racism of white activists stands in the way of any effective, worthwhile collaboration. The Challenging White Supremacy Workshop is the most powerful tool that I have seen for removing the barriers to true partnerships between people of color and white folks. If the CWS trainings were mandatory for all white activists, the progressive movement in the United States would be unstoppable.

Van Jones

Powerful, Color, White

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

Dennis Weaver

Oil, Addiction, Environmental

8 Copy quote
Civilization’s shortening attention span is mismatched with the pace of environmental problems.

Stewart Brand

Civilization, Environmental, Attention

Stewart Brand (1999). “The Clock of the Long Now: Time and Responsibility”, p.141, Basic Books

4 Copy quote

Show source
Today when the public thinks of the products of science it is likely to think about environmental problems, an unproductive armament industry, careless or dishonest 'scientific' reports, Livermore cheers for 'nukes forever' and a huge amount of self-serving noise on every subject from global warming to 'the face of God'.

Leo Kadanoff

Cheer, Science, Thinking

14 Copy quote
You go into a community and they will vote 80 percent to 20 percent in favor of a tougher Clean Air Act, but if you ask them to devote 20 minutes a year to having their car emissions inspected, they will vote 80 to 20 against it. We are a long way in this country from taking individual responsibility for the environmental problem.

William Ruckelshaus

Country, Responsibility, Air

18 Copy quote
We must alert and organise the world's people to pressure world leaders to take specific steps to solve the two root causes of our environmental crises - exploding population growth and wasteful consumption of irreplaceable resources. Overconsumption and overpopulation underlie every environmental problem we face today.

Jacques Yves Cousteau

Population Problem, Two, Roots

77 Copy quote
Reliable and affordable energy is essential for meeting basic human needs and fueling economic growth, but many of the most difficult and dangerous environmental problems at every level of economic development arise from the harvesting, transport, processing, and conversion of energy

John Holdren

Growth, Environmental, Energy

8 Copy quote
Our nation's continued prosperity hinges on our ability to solve environmental problems and sustain the natural resources on which we all depend.

John McCain

Environmental, Conservative, Problem

9 Copy quote
I think environmentalists do no service to their cause by taking fundamentalist stances. I am not defending corporate India's track record, but for many environmental problems, there are technological solutions.

Jairam Ramesh

Thinking, Track, Environmental

4 Copy quote