“The unthinkable is that we're distorting this atmospheric balance. We're shifting the chemical balance so that we have more poisons in the atmosphere - ozones and acid rain on ground level - while we're also changing the thermal climate of the earth through the greenhouse effect and - get this - simultaneously causing destruction of our primary filter of ultraviolet light. It's incredible. Talk about the national-debt crisis - we're piling up debts in the atmosphere, and the piper will want to be paid.” WantLightEarthLevelsEffectsBalanceRainDestructionPaidCrisisClimateIncrediblesDebtPrimariesAtmospherePoisonGlobal WarmingChemicalsShiftingAcidFiltersUnthinkableGreenhousesNational DebtPipersOzoneThermalUltravioletAcid RainDebt Crisis Author:Michael Oppenheimer
“Global warming, the ongoing destruction of the planet, Third World debt, the uselessness of the railways, the takeover by the corporations, the scary George Bush person: all these things are important and should be animating me into outrage. Yet somehow they do not.” WorldShouldPersonsImportantPlanetsDestructionThirdsScaryDebtCorporationsGlobal WarmingOngoingOutrageThird WorldRailwayUselessnessTakeovers Author:Arthur Smith
“If I had to predict, the way things are going, I'd say the chances are about 50-50 that humanity will be extinct or nearly extinct within 50 years. Weapons of mass destruction, disease, I mean this global warming is scaring the living daylights out of me.” IfsWayYearsMeanHumanityChanceDiseaseWeaponsMassDestructionGlobal WarmingChances AreWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionDaylight Author:Ted Turner
“The products built in the factories of G.M., Ford and Chrysler are some of the greatest weapons of mass destruction responsible for global warming and the melting of our polar icecaps.” ProductsWeaponsMassBuiltDestructionResponsibleGlobal WarmingFactoriesMeltingWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionChrysler Author:Michael Moore
“Al Gore is not just whistling in the wind. Global warming is for real. Every scientist knows that now, and we are on our way to the destruction of every species on earth, if we don't pay attention and reverse our course.” IfsKnowsWayRealEarthCoursesPayAttentionWindDestructionScientistSpeciesPay AttentionGlobal WarmingAlsReverseGoreWhistling Author:Theodore C. Sorensen
“Human society cannot basically stop the destruction of the environment under capitalism. Socialism is the only structure that makes it possible.” HumansEnvironmentCapitalismDestructionStructureClimate ChangeSocialismGlobal WarmingHuman Society Author:Gus Hall
“Failing to warn the citizens of a looming weapon of mass destruction- and that's what global warming is- in order to protect oil company profits, well, that fits for me the definition of treason.” WellsOrderCompanyFailingCitizensFitProtectWeaponsMassDestructionClimate ChangeDefinitionsProfitOilGlobal WarmingWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionTreasonOil CompaniesLooming Author:Bill Maher
“It is easier to silence scientific dissent by utilizing the politics of personal destruction, than to actually debate them on the merits of their arguments. That should tell you something about the global warming debate...there is none right now....it's either you believe, or you are to be discredited.” ShouldBelieveSilenceEasierRight NowArgumentDestructionDebateMeritGlobal WarmingDissentUtilizing Author:Mike Thompson
“It's upsetting to me that so many people think of themselves as environmentalists and still eat meat and dairy products. I think it's something people should be considering given the emergency situation we're in regarding water supplies, global warming, and the destruction of ecosystems. There's a lot of overlap between animal rights and the environment.” PeopleThinkingShouldStillsGivenWaterAnimalSituationEnvironmentRightsProductsDestructionUpsetMeatGlobal WarmingVeganAnimal RightsConsideringEmergenciesSuppliesEcosystemsEnvironmentalistDairyDairy Products Author:Emily Deschanel