“Because the financial power of the fossil-fuel industry is so great it can, and has, delayed any real action of the climate issues almost everywhere.” RealActionIssuesIndustryClimateFinancialFuelFossilsFossil FuelDelayed Author:Bill McKibben
“People ask me, "What are you going to do to develop jobs in your state?" Well, that's not my job as a US senator to bring industry to the state. That's the lieutenant governor's job, that's your state senators' and assemblymen's job. That's your secretary of state's job, to make a climate in the state that says, 'Y'all come.'” PeopleWellsStatesJobsAsksIndustryClimateAsk MeGovernorsSecretarySenatorsLieutenants Author:Sharron Angle
“By the end of the third decade of this century, all of American life - politics, international relations, our homes, our jobs, our industries, the kind of cars we drive - will be forever transformed by the climate and energy challenge.” KindEndsHomeJobsEnergyChallengesForeverCenturyCarIndustryThirdsRelationClimateClimate ChangeInternationalDecadesTransformedInternational RelationsAmerican Life Author:Joseph J. Romm
“Greenhouse gas emissions and global warming are among humanity's most pressing concerns. Societal expectations on climate change are real, and our industry is expected to take a leadership role.” RealHumanityBusinessRolesIndustryExpectationsConcernClimateClimate ChangeExpectedGlobal WarmingGasEmissionsGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesLeadership RolesSocietal Expectations Author:Ali al-Naimi
“The climate of Ohio is perfect, considered as the home of an ideal republican people. Climate has much to do with national character.... A climate which permits labor out-of-doors every month in the year and which requires industry to secure comfort--to provide food, shelter, clothing, fuel, etc.--is the very climate which secures the highest civilization.” PeopleYearsCharacterHomePerfectDoorsMonthsIndustryComfortCivilizationRepublicanHighestIdealsLaborClimateSecureFuelEtcPermitClothingsShelterOhio Author:Rutherford B. Hayes
“The oil industry has outpaced the building of a public consensus of the implications of climate science.” BuildingIndustryClimateOilConsensusImplicationsOil Industry Author:Al Gore
“Industry stakeholders have said to us, which we've heard loud and clear, as we move forward on the climate change discussions we need to do it with a clear eye on the fact that we are also having conversations around royalties and the two can't be separated.” NeedsSaidTwoFactsEyeMovingChangeClearHeardIndustryConversationClimateClimate ChangeMoving ForwardLoudDiscussionRoyaltyStakeholderClear Eyes Author:Rachel Notley
“The challenge that climate change presents to us, both in Australia and around the world, won't be solved by ramping up the nuclear industry.” WorldChallengesIndustryClimateClimate ChangeNuclearAround The WorldAustralia Author:Peter Garrett
“Subsidies for the oil, gas and coal industries are projected to cost taxpayers more than $135 billion in the coming decade. At a time when scientists tell us we need to reduce carbon pollution to prevent catastrophic climate change, it is absurd to provide massive subsidies that pad fossil-fuel companies' already enormous profits.” NeedsCompanyIndustryCostScientistClimateClimate ChangeProfitOilDecadesBillionsEnormousAbsurdFuelGasMassivePollutionCarbonCoalFossilsTaxpayersFossil FuelPadsSubsidies Author:Bernie Sanders
“The conference also has a moral duty to examine the corruption of science that can be caused by massive amounts of money. The United States has disbursed tens of billions of dollars to climate scientists who would not have received those funds had their research shown climate change to be beneficial or even modest in its effects. Are these scientists being tempted by money? And are the very, very few climate scientists whose research is supported by industry somehow less virtuous?” StatesUnitedMoralUnited StatesEffectsDutyIndustryAmountResearchScientistDollarsClimateClimate ChangeCorruptionBillionsFundMassiveVirtuousModestTemptedConferencesBeneficialMoral Duty Author:Patrick Michaels
“We can expect the climate crisis industry to grow increasingly shrill, and increasingly hostile toward anyone who questions their authority.” GrowsIndustryAuthorityCrisisClimateHostile Author:Kenneth P. Green
“There is no excuse for a billion dollar industry to have somebody who's pushing papers on an administrative level - which is still very important in terms of getting projects done - it's imbalanced and completely illogical and example of how badly this art form has been rapped... for them niggas to have health care benefits but for themselves to share in no part to that? It's very telling about the climate of the music industry.” Has BeensArtStillsImportantDoneCareFormTermLevelsShareExampleIndustryPaperBenefitsProjectsDollarsClimateExcuseBillionsHealth CarePushingPapersMusic IndustryNo ExcusesIllogicalAdministrative Author:Immortal Technique
“The debate about climate change in many ways is tied to the petroleum industry. If the value of petroleum was considerably less than it is, and the value of coal was considerably less than it is, there would be much less debate about this.” IfsWayWould BeValuesIndustryClimateClimate ChangeDebateTiedCoalPetroleum Author:Chuck Klosterman
“Climate change is a reality and if left unchecked, rising ocean tides will harm Georgia's Atlantic coast and threaten our state's robust tourism and shipping industries.” IfsStatesRealityLeftIndustryOceanClimateClimate ChangeHarmRisingTidesCoastGeorgiaTourismRobustShipping Author:James L. Barksdale