“It is common sense that when women are able to plan their pregnancies, populations grow more slowly and as a result so do greenhouse gas emissions. Providing access to contraception and preventative health should be one of the many effective strategies used to fight climate change.” ShouldAbleUsedFightingGrowsResultsCommonPlansStrategyClimateClimate ChangePopulationAccessCommon SenseGasPregnancyProvidingEmissionsGreenhousesContraceptionGreenhouse Gases Author:Kavita Ramdas
“People have not made the connection that the more of us there are, the more greenhouse gases go into the atmosphere. The Chinese have. They, unlike us, have a population policy. The right wingers just don't understand that the country they're in is probably the most overpopulated in the world, the one doing most of the destruction, and the one with horrendously bad leadership.” PeopleWorldMadeCountryPolicyConnectionsDestructionPopulationChineseAtmosphereRight WingGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:Paul R. Ehrlich
“Its going to require a global effort to reduce greenhouse gases and hopefully derail some of the adverse impacts that we are experiencing today and the devastating impacts that we are going to experience in the future as a result of global warming.” TodayResultsEffortImpactHopefullyGlobal WarmingAdverseGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:Jerome Ringo
“Many of our actions degrade our habitat because we undertake them in order to reach goals whose allure blinds us to myriad dire consequences. In order to fuel our complex civilizations, we are lacing our planet's atmosphere with carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas that, if it has not already begun doing so, will soon warm the Ice Age climate to which we owe our very existence.” IfsAgeActionOrderGoalExistencePlanetsCivilizationConsequenceClimateComplexesWarmIceAtmosphereFuelGasCarbonOur ActionsOur PlanetDegradeGreenhousesHabitatCarbon DioxideGreenhouse GasesAllureIce Age Author:Steven M. Stanley
“The clock is ticking as nature attempts to absorb the increased greenhouse gas emissions.” ClockGasEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesClock Is Ticking Author:Ernest Moniz
“... the consensus of the scientific community has shifted from skepticism to near-unanimous acceptance of the evidence of an artificial greenhouse effect. Second, while artificial climate change may have some beneficial effects, the odds are we're not going to like it. Third, reducing emissions of greenhouse gases may turn out to be much more practical and affordable than currently assumed.” MayTurnsCommunityEffectsAcceptanceEvidenceThirdsClimateClimate ChangePracticalsArtificialOddsSkepticismConsensusBeneficialReducingAffordableEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:Gregg Easterbrook
“If our goal in legislating against carbon releases is not simply punishing the West and its power companies but truly trying to reduce the accumulation of greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere, the main event will be in the developing world. We must use the smartest possible economics, and that means investing in China and India.” IfsWorldTryingMeanUseGoalCompanyEventsEconomicsIndiaWestInvestingChinaReleaseDevelopingAtmosphereCarbonAccumulationGreenhousesChina And India Author:Gregg Easterbrook
“I must say that when I first learned of the existence of the Australian Greenhouse Office, I assumed it was responsible for supplying tomatoes to the Parliament House kitchen. But, no, as I soon learnt as industry minister, it was in fact a government funded redoubt of veritable soldiers in a war against carbon dioxide. The zealotry and obsessive passion of these warriors in the battle against the apparent evils of carbon dioxide remains a curiosity to me. After fighting these people for three years as industry minister, I really did wish they would just go away and grow tomatoes.” PeopleYearsFirstsWarFactsGovernmentFightingPassionThreeEvilHouseWishGrowsExistenceIndustryBattleOfficeResponsibleRemainsCuriositySoldierWarriorMinistersKitchenGoing AwayThree YearsCarbonParliamentAustralianObsessiveTomatoesGreenhousesCarbon DioxideZealotry Author:Nick Minchin
“I think the whole human-induced greenhouse gas thing is a red herring... . I see climate change as due to the ocean circulation pattern. I see this as a major cause of climate change... . These are natural processes. We shouldn't blame them on humans and CO2.” ThinkingHumansWholeCausesProcessNaturalOceanMajorsRedBlameClimateClimate ChangePatternsDuesGasCirculationGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesCo2HerringRed Herrings Author:William M. Gray
“Voluntary actions by corporations should not go beyond innovative win - win 'no regrets' initiatives. Greenhouse gas control practices that are uneconomic penalize either consumers or stockholders while politicizing the issue of corporate responsibility. Few will be satisfied, and the ineffectual measures will eventually have to be abandoned.” ShouldActionWinningResponsibilityPracticeIssuesRegretSatisfiedConsumersCorporateCorporationsGasAbandonedInitiativeInnovativeNo RegretsGreenhousesWin WinGreenhouse GasesCorporate Responsibility Author:Robert L. Bradley, Jr.
“The climate's sensitivity to greenhouse gases is considerably lower than the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change claims - so much lower, in fact, that the warming we would expect from doubling the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would be quite modest and offer very little risk.” LittlesFactsWould BeRiskAmountOffersClaimsClimateClimate ChangeAtmosphereModestCarbonSensitivityGreenhousesCarbon DioxideGreenhouse Gases Author:Kenneth P. Green
“I am not a climatologist, but I don't think any of the other witnesses are either. I do work in the related field of atomic, molecular and optical physics. I have spent my professional life studying the interactions of visible and infrared radiation with gases - one of the main physical phenomena behind the greenhouse effect. I have published over 200 papers in peer reviewed scientific journals.” ThinkingBehindsStudyEffectsFieldsPaperPhysicsWitnessRelatedVisibleRadiationInteractionPeersJournalPapersGreenhousesProfessional LifeInfrared Author:William Happer
“...there is no substantive basis for predictions of sizeable global warming due to observed increases in minor greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide, methane and chlorofluorocarbons.” BasesIncreaseDuesGlobal WarmingMinorsCarbonPredictionsGreenhousesCarbon DioxideGreenhouse GasesMethane Author:Richard Lindzen
“The world community simply should not support such extreme measures when there are so many other pressing issues at hand. The optimal response to greenhouse gases is to start modestly.” WorldShouldHandsCommunitySupportIssuesResponseExtremesGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesOptimal Author:Robert O. Mendelsohn
“NASA's Aqua satellite is showing that water vapor, the dominant greenhouse gas, works to offset the effect of carbon dioxide - CO2. This information, contrary to the assumption used in all the warming models, is ignored by global warming alarmists.” UsedWaterEffectsInformationModelsContraryAssumptionGlobal WarmingGasDominantIgnoredCarbonNasaSatellitesGreenhousesCarbon DioxideGreenhouse GasesCo2VaporAlarmistsAqua Author:Walter Cunningham
“... The reality is that atmospheric CO2 has a minimal impact on greenhouse gases and world temperature. Water vapor is responsible for 95 percent of the greenhouse effect. CO2 contributes just 3.6 percent, with human activity responsible for only 3.2 percent of that. That is why some studies claim CO2 levels are largely irrelevant to global warming.” WorldHumansRealityWaterLevelsStudyEffectsActivityPercentClaimsResponsibleImpactGlobal WarmingIrrelevantTemperatureHuman ActivityGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesCo2Vapor Author:Walter Cunningham
“Factory farming is one of the biggest contributors to the most serious environmental problems. The meat industry causes more greenhouse gas emissions than all the cars, trucks, planes and ships in the world.” WorldProblemCausesCarSeriousIndustryEnvironmentalShipsPlanesMeatGasFactoriesTruckFarmingEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesContributorsFactory FarmingEnvironmental ProblemsMeat Industry Author:Joan Jett
“With time environmental issues got much more complicated. It is pretty easy, if you know what you are doing, to stop a company from pouring poison into a lake where kids swim. It is much harder to address all the myriad greenhouse gases emitted by different sources - from petrochemical refineries to hundreds of millions of peasants cutting down trees for their incredibly inefficient cook stoves.” IfsKnowsDifferentKidsEasyCompanyMillionsIssuesCuttingTreeSourceHarderEnvironmentalComplicatedCooksPoisonAddressesLakesSwimPeasantsPouringGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesStovesEnvironmental IssuesCutting DownRefinery Author:Denis Hayes
“I think 99% of climate scientists would agree that we need to reduce emissions as quickly as possible, and then begin removing greenhouse gasses and carbon from the air. And if we don't do that we are looking at some range of catastrophe.” IfsThinkingNeedsAirScientistAgreeClimateRangeCarbonCatastropheEmissionsGreenhouses Author:Margaret D. Klein
“Some time ago we discovered the carbon cycle - a long-term set of chemical reactions that govern climates based on how much carbon is free in the atmosphere. At that point, it became clear that humans were affecting our environments far more profoundly than we realized. By releasing so much carbon and greenhouse gas into the environment, we're making long-term changes to every aspect of the natural world.” WorldHumansLongTermNaturalClearEnvironmentAspectClimateReactionsAtmosphereLong TermGasCyclesChemicalsCarbonNatural WorldOur EnvironmentGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesChemical ReactionsCarbon Cycle Author:Annalee Newitz
“The US really has to get out in front. We are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute.” GivingPersonsFrontsAmountAbsolutesAidsGreenhousesForeign Aid Author:Bill Gates
“We [US] are the biggest per person, by a substantial amount, greenhouse emitters, and we give the most foreign aid, not per person but in absolute. This is another issue where hopefully we will take a long-term approach which, even though we sometimes have a hard time doing that, it's easier for us, as a rich country with this kind of scientific depth, than it is for the poor countries who will suffer the problems.” GivingKindPersonsLongCountrySometimesHardProblemSufferingTermPoorIssuesRichAmountEasierApproachAbsolutesDepthAidsHopefullyLong TermHard TimesGreenhousesPoor CountriesRich CountriesForeign Aid Author:Bill Gates
“How are we going to know what impact that has on the greenhouse gas emissions? How are we going to hold everybody accountable for doing their part?” KnowsImpactGasEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:Christy Clark
“We have climate change caused by greenhouse gas emissions, mostly from human power and transportation infrastructure. At the same time, we have 2 billion people who live in energy poverty.” PeopleHumansEnergyPovertyClimateClimate ChangeBillionsGasInfrastructureTransportationEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesHuman PowerTransportation Infrastructure Author:Ramez Naam
“You have to be able to generate usable energy without greenhouse gas emissions and you have to be able to do it cheaply if you want people to choose that approach.” PeopleIfsWantAbleEnergyApproachGasEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:Ramez Naam
“I think there is some overreach in the sense that the EPA now says: if Congress doesn't pass greenhouse emissions regulations or testing, we'll simply do it on our own. I think that's an arrogance of a regulatory body run amok.” IfsThinkingBodyRunningCongressArroganceRegulationTestingEmissionsGreenhousesEpa Author:Rand Paul
“Connect with people, visibly and loudly showcase initiatives that reduce greenhouse gases emissions, nurture youth leaders, or spread the message by raising awareness through campaigns. I am convinced that your contributions will ensure that climate change solutions safely power our - and especially your - future.” PeopleLeaderAwarenessYouthMessagesSolutionsClimateClimate ChangeSpreadConvincedCampaignsContributionInitiativeNurtureYour FutureEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesShowcaseRaising Awareness Author:Christiana Figueres
“We have to create more and more vegetarians, and help people to understand that it is not only the suffering of the animals (which is what made me vegetarian) but also the incredible harm to the environment, the tremendous amount of greenhouse gas created by the whole vast machinery of intensive animal farming.” PeopleMadeWholeHelpingSufferingAnimalEnvironmentAmountIncrediblesHarmGasVegetarianMachineryFarmingGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:Jane Goodall
“Being vegan or vegetarian isn't just about compassion for animals. Most of the destruction of the planet is the result of all the clear-cutting, groundwater contamination, grain production, fuel consumption, greenhouse gas, viral proliferation - the direct result of livestock production.” AnimalResultsCompassionClearCuttingPlanetsDirectDestructionProductionsFuelGasVegetarianVeganGrainConsumptionGreenhousesProliferationGreenhouse GasesAnimal CompassionViralLivestockContaminationGroundwaterClear Cutting Author:William McNamara
“The largest source of greenhouse gases in the coming decades will not be the US, Western Europe and Japan, but the developing economies of East Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe. The coming eruption of carbon emissions from the poor world will dwarf any reductions in the North.” WorldAmericaPoorEconomySourceFutureEuropeWesternEastDecadesDevelopingJapanLatinCarbonAsiaEasternReductionLatin AmericaEmissionsGreenhousesDwarfsDwarvesGreenhouse GasesEastern EuropeEruptionWestern EuropeCarbon EmissionsEast Asia Author:Ross Gelbspan
“We are still learning how exactly the Earth reacts to increased CO2 and other greenhouse gases. We know it leads to warming seas which are melting the North and the South Poles, rising and starting to swallow entire coastal areas in the US and elsewhere, as the New York Times article documents.” KnowsStillsEarthSeaNew YorkAreasSouthStartingRisingArticlesElsewhereDocumentsMeltingNew York TimesGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesCo2Coastal Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“CO2 from air can replace petroleum: it can produce plastics and acetate, it can produce carbon fibers that replace metals and clean hydrocarbons, such as synthetic gasoline. We can use CO2 to desalinate water, enhance the production of vegetables and fruit in greenhouses, carbonate our beverages and produce biofertilizers that enhance the productivity of the soil without poisoning it. Carbon negative technology is absolutely needed now.” UseWaterTechnologyAirProduceNeededNegativeCleanFruitProductionsProductivitySoilVegetablesMetalsPlasticCarbonFiberPoisoningGreenhousesGasolineCo2SyntheticBeveragesPetroleumHydrocarbons Author:Graciela Chichilnisky
“Just physically, if you looked at the house that I grew up in, my mother created this greenhouse. And surrounded the entire property. And there was, like, trees and sculptures and like - it was, like, this crazy, like, secret garden space.” IfsMotherHouseSpaceSecretTreeCrazyGrewGrew UpGardenPropertySculptureGreenhousesSecret Garden Author:Kehinde Wiley
“I'm totally in favour of meeting our Paris commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But I don't think we should do that by making ourselves uncompetitive.” ThinkingShouldCommitmentMeetingsParisGasFavourEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:Chris Alexander
“My idea of a good novel was one you made enough money out of to buy a greenhouse.” MadeIdeasEnoughNovelGreenhouses Author:Terry Pratchett
“I wrote three books, I had three greenhouses. It seemed to me to be very satisfactory.” BookThreeGreenhouses Author:Terry Pratchett
“I think we need to address greenhouse gas emissions. But I try to get involved in issues where I see a legislative result... So I just leave the issue alone because I don't see a way through it, and there are certain fundamentals, for example nuke power, that people on the left will never agree with me on. So why should I waste my time when I know the people on the left are going to reject nuclear power?” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayNeedsShouldTryingCertainLeftResultsIssuesExampleInvolvedWasteAgreeFundamentalsNuclearMy TimeAddressesGasRejectsShould IGet InvolvedEmissionsGreenhousesNuclear PowerGreenhouse GasesWasting My TimeNukes Author:John McCain
“Most of the people who have grabbed hold of climate change and greenhouse gases, pollution, oil dependency - they have another motive, and their motive is to attain the appearance of virtue without having actually done anything virtuous.” PeopleDoneVirtueClimateClimate ChangeAppearanceOilMotiveVirtuousPollutionDependencyGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:P. J. O'Rourke
“If Africa is left behind, she is going to continue pumping greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, especially carbon. She's going to continue logging the forests, she's going to continue burning charcoal, she is going to continue practicing agricultural activities that destroy the environment, and sooner or later Africa's problem will become a global problem.” IfsProblemLeftBehindsEnvironmentActivityForestsBurningAtmosphereSooner Or LaterCarbonLeft BehindGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesCharcoalLogging Author:Wangari Maathai
“A lot of what is done by the climate lobby is anti-science. But there is some science behind it. Like, there are greenhouse gases, and they do contribute to warming. But if you look at the last, say, 160 years, the first 80 of that period, they went up about four-tenths of a degree. And now, the second 80 that CO2 has increased by, what, 30 percent or something, it's gone up five-tenths of a degree. And there's been in the last 30 or 40 years, there's been no real increase in storms or bad weather.” IfsYearsFirstsLooksRealDoneLastsBehindsGoneFiveFourPeriodsDegreesPercentIncreaseClimateStormWeatherGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesCo2Bad Weather Author:Charles Koch
“In the current setting the situation of the poor is neglected despite the grotesque wealth of the capitalist elites, and the dangers to the well-being of humanity associated with climate change are ignored despite a strong scientific consensus warning of the adverse, and possibly irreversible, consequences of further delays in reducing the level of greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon.” WellsHumanityStrongWealthPoorLevelsSituationDangerConsequenceClimateClimate ChangeCurrentsSettingDespiteSettingsWell BeingGasWarningCapitalistElitesIgnoredCarbonDelayConsensusNeglectedReducingEmissionsGrotesqueAdverseGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesIrreversible Author:Richard A. Falk
“I think the deeper truth is that the Kyoto Protocols will not be followed by anyone really and that, in effect, nothing will be done to reduce carbon dioxide and other greenhouse emissions.” ThinkingDoneEffectsTruth IsDeeperCarbonEmissionsGreenhousesCarbon DioxideProtocolKyotoKyoto Protocol Author:James Howard Kunstler
“China will soon emit more greenhouse gases than America, but its regime knows if it caps aspirations there will be a revolution.” IfsKnowsAmericaRevolutionChinaAspirationRegimesCapsGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:James Lovelock
“For myself I hold no preferences among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous. Bricks to all greenhouses! Black thumb and cutworm to the potted plant!” LongBlackEnvironmentFlowerPlantSunshineSpontaneousGrandchildrenPreferenceBricksThumbsGreenhousesBlossomingWildflowersFlower BlossomPlants And FlowersWild Free Book:Desert Solitaire Source: Desert Solitaire
“Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent.” CuttingPlansPercentGermanyEmissionsGreenhousesDenmarkNetherlands Author:Donella Meadows
“You could warm Mars up, over time, with greenhouse gases.” WarmMarsGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:Elon Musk
“I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it.” IfsKnowsWorldStatesWholeProblemAmericaUnitedUnited StatesRefuseObstaclesHonestlyGasGoing AwayEmissionsBleakGreenhousesAmerican SocietyGreenhouse Gases Author:Peter Singer
“The greenhouse effect of carbon-dioxide emissions does produce gentle warming if it is not counteracted by unpredictable natural phenomena, but it cannot be measured directly against the volume of such emissions.” IfsDoeNaturalEffectsProduceGentleVolumeCarbonUnpredictableEmissionsGreenhousesCarbon DioxideNatural PhenomenaCarbon Dioxide Emissions Author:Conrad Black
“Climate change is a global problem. The planet is warming because of the growing level of greenhouse gas emissions from human activity. If this trend continues, truly catastrophic consequences are likely to ensue from rising sea levels, to reduced water availability, to more heat waves and fires.” IfsHumansProblemWaterLevelsFireGrowingSeaPlanetsActivityConsequenceClimateClimate ChangeWaveHeatRisingGasTrendsEmissionsHuman ActivityGreenhousesAvailabilityGreenhouse GasesHeat Wave Author:Malcolm Turnbull
“I do not believe we can effectively move Australia to a lower emission economy, which is what we need to do if we're going to make a contribution to a global reduction in greenhouse gases, without putting a price on carbon.” IfsNeedsBelieveMovingEconomyContributionAustraliaCarbonReductionEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse Gases Author:Malcolm Turnbull