“Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases.” EnergyIssuesEnvironmentSourceInvolvedDirectorsInternationalMy TimeSustainabilityDevotedLaboratoryFractionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesEnergy SourcesNew Energy Author:Burton Richter
“If you think about it, candidate Obama, Sen. Obama, was running on sort of long-run economic issues, like restoring prosperity to the middle class, dealing with the perennial problem of health care in the United States. He talked a lot about the budget deficit, about the need to transition to clean energy.” IfsThinkingNeedsLongStatesProblemCareRunningEnergyUnitedClassUnited StatesIssuesEconomicMiddleCleanProsperityHealth CareBudgetsCandidatesMiddle ClassTransitionLong RunsDeficitRestoringClean EnergyEconomic IssuesBudget Deficit Author:Christina Romer
“I am in the process of trying to decide whether I can make a substantive and productive contribution to the policy-making process. I was always there because I wanted to work on the pressing issues of the day - I'm interested in energy, I'm interested in the climate bill and technology policy.” TryingI CanWantedEnergyProcessTechnologyIssuesPolicyBillsClimateContributionProductivePolicy Making Author:Charles Bass
“I will be asking my network to lead a discussion on the issues of class, race, energy, the environment, disaster planning, Iraq -- all those things and more. This encompasses so many of the major issues of our time.” EnergyRaceClassIssuesEnvironmentMajorsAskingIraqDisasterPlanningDiscussionOur Time Author:Brian Williams
“Carbon trading engages finance directors. It takes the issue of energy efficiency right to the top of the company.” EnergyCompanyIssuesDirectorsFinanceEfficiencyCarbonTradingEnergy Efficiency Author:Elliot Morley
“Running a multi-million dollar business can be frustrating at times, especially when someone does something I am not happy with. It might not even be their fault, but it is human nature to reach in an angry or heated way. However, I have learned an important and effective lesson. Rather than complain to my member of staff about their actions, I search my memory bank for things I find wonderful about them. This changes the energy around the issue instantly. People tend to live up to what you expect of them.” PeopleWayHumansDoeImportantMightRunningActionEnergyMemoriesMillionsIssuesWonderfulHuman NatureLessonsMembersAngryDollarsFaultsComplainingI Have LearnedStaffFrustratingMillion DollarsNot Happy Author:Vishen Lakhiani
“Government and business must come together on the interlinked issues of conservation, economic development and renewable energy. There are literally thousands of businesses, many in the tourism industry, that depend on an intact marine environment for their long-term survival.” LongGovernmentTogetherEnergyTermIssuesEnvironmentEconomicDependsDevelopmentIndustrySurvivalLong TermConservationMarineTourismRenewable EnergyEconomic DevelopmentGovernment And BusinessTourism Industry Author:Richard Branson
“Climate change, demographics, water, food, energy, global health, women's empowerment - these issues are all intertwined. We cannot look at one strand in isolation. Instead, we must examine how these strands are woven together.” LooksTogetherEnergyWaterIssuesEmpowermentClimateClimate ChangeIsolationWovenDemographicsStrandsIntertwinedGlobal Health Author:Ban Ki-moon
“Climate change isn't just an environmental issue; it's a technology, water, food, energy, population issue. None of this happens in a vacuum.” HappensEnergyWaterTechnologyIssuesClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangePopulationVacuumsEnvironmental Issues Author:David Titley
“I have traveled many times outside Iran, and have discussed the issue [of the Iranian nuclear project]. I have been asked for my opinion and that of the Iranian Jewish community, and I have always emphasized that the Iranian people has the right to obtain nuclear technology and energy for peaceful purposes. The Iranian people must not give up this right under any circumstances - and indeed, it will not.” PeopleGivingHas BeensPurposeEnergyCommunityOpinionTechnologyIssuesCircumstancesGiving UpProjectsNuclearPeacefulIranTraveledNot Giving UpIranianJewish CommunityNuclear Technology Author:Maurice Motamed
“We're facing growing climate change, more floods, more droughts, more crisis on a planetary level, and the systems we put in place in the twentieth century are just not going to work. We've run out of stuff. Our big problems are going to be energy supplies and food supplies. This is not a right-left issue. It's a people issue, and it cuts across all our categories.” PeopleProblemBigsRunningEnergyLeftStuffLevelsIssuesCuttingGrowingCenturyCrisisClimateClimate ChangeCategoriesFloodGoing To WorkTwentieth CenturySuppliesBig ProblemsDroughtFood Supply Author:Margaret Atwood
“The efficient use of energy is as much an issue for Saudi Arabia, with its huge natural resources, as it is for all countries. Increased efficiency makes sense environmentally, but also economically.” CountryUseEnergyNaturalBusinessIssuesHugeResourcesClimateMake SenseEfficientEfficiencyNatural ResourcesArabiaSaudi ArabiaSaudis Author:Ali al-Naimi
“Our world is evolving without consideration, and the result is a loss of biodiversity, energy issues, congestion in cities. But geography, if used correctly, can be used to redesign sustainable and more livable cities.” IfsWorldUsedEnergyWealthLossResultsCitiesIssuesEvolveConsiderationOur WorldGeographyBiodiversityCongestionRedesign Author:Jack Dangermond
“Real security, in other words, is inseparable from issues of energy policy; education; public health; preservation of soils, forests, and waters; and broadly based, sustainable prosperity.” RealEnergyWaterIssuesSecurityPolicyEnvironmentalProsperityForestsSoilSustainabilityPreservationInseparablePublic HealthEnergy Policy Author:David W. Orr
“I believe we're at the verge of the greatest time to be alive in this world. But Washington is holding us back. How we tax, how we regulate. We're not embracing the energy revolution in our midst, a broken immigration system that has been politicized rather than turning it into an economic driver. We're not protecting and preserving our entitlement system or reforming for the next generation. All these things languish while we have politicians in Washington using these as wedge issues.” WorldBelieveHas BeensNextEnergyI BelieveIssuesAliveGenerationsEconomicThis WorldBrokenRevolutionPoliticianTaxesImmigrationMidstDriversNext GenerationEntitlementVergeWedgesLanguish Author:Jeb Bush
“This is pretty much the infrastructural stuff that comes along with large quantities of energy. Whichever technology we are looking at has serious hazardous issues.” EnergyStuffTechnologyIssuesSeriousQuantity Author:Stewart Brand