“In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution, has been cut by more than half since 1955, rivers and coastal waters have dramatically improved, and forests are increasing.” WorldHas BeensImportantStatesWaterUnitedHalfSituationUnited StatesRichCuttingAirRiversEnvironmentalForestsPollutionIndicatorsCoastalAir PollutionEnvironmental PollutionWoods And ForestsAir Quality Author:Bjorn Lomborg
“Wilderness is not only a haven for native plants and animals but it is also a refuge from society. Its a place to go to hear the wind and little else, see the stars and the galaxies, smell the pine trees, feel the cold water, touch the sky and the ground at the same time, listen to coyotes, eat the fresh snow, walk across the desert sands, and realize why its good to go outside of the city and the suburbs. Fortunately, there is wilderness just outside the limits of the cities and the suburbs in most of the United States, especially in the West.” FeelsLittlesStatesStarsWaterRealizingWalksAnimalUnitedCitiesUnited StatesTreeSkyHavensWindColdLimitsPlantWestSmellSnowDesertSandNativeWildernessRefugeGalaxySuburbsPlaces To GoPlants And AnimalsCold WaterCoyotesPine TreesDesert SandFresh Snow Author:John Muir
“Most of the world's major waterways have been diverted or dammed or otherwise manipulated - in the United States, only two per cent of rivers run unimpeded - and people now use half the world's readily accessible freshwater runoff.” PeopleWorldHas BeensTwoStatesUseRunningWaterUnitedHalfUnited StatesMajorsRiversCents Author:Elizabeth Kolbert
“Barack Obama is the President of the United States, a politician in America, a very religious country, so I understand why he has to pretend to be a religious person himself. I say pretend because, I can only hope that someone as bright as he, wouldn't really believe that people can walk on water and ride a winged horse and rain frogs and you can change water into wine.” PeopleBelievePersonsI CanCountryStatesAmericaPresidentWaterReligiousWalksUnitedUnited StatesPoliticianRainHorseWineBarackFrogsBecause I CanReligious Person Author:Bill Maher
“It's a real misconception that water is a problem in Africa only. It's also an issue in Nepal, in Honduras, and in the United States of America. If we don't start paying attention now and curb our use and stop taking it for granted, we're going to be in a bad place, like everyone else.” IfsRealStatesUseProblemAmericaWaterUnitedAttentionUnited StatesIssuesGrantedPay AttentionUnited States Of AmericaMisconceptionCurbNepalHonduras Author:Kenna
“Although the United States has made tremendous progress cleaning up its water by removing billions of pounds of pollutants and doubling the number of waterways safe for fishing and swimming, a majority of Americans live within 10 miles of a polluted lake, river, stream or coastal area.” MadeStatesWaterUnitedNumbersUnited StatesProgressSafeAreasRiversMajorityEnvironmentalBillionsMilesStreamsLakesFishingPoundsSwimmingCleaningCleaning UpCoastal Author:Carol Browner
“The survey of more than 100 waterways downstream from treatment plants and animal feedlots in 30 states found minute amounts of dozens of antibiotics, hormones, pain relievers, cough suppressants, disinfectants and other products. It is not known whether they are harmful to plants, animals or people. The findings were released yesterday on the Web site of the United States Geological Survey, which conducted the research, and in an online journal, Environmental Science and Technology.” PeopleStatesPainFoundWaterAnimalUnitedKnownTechnologyUnited StatesMinutesProductsAmountFindingsResearchPlantEnvironmentalYesterdayTreatmentOnlineDozenSiteJournalSurveysHormonesScience And TechnologyPlants And AnimalsAntibioticsEnvironmental Science Author:Andrew Revkin
“When the scheme for the construction of a railroad from Baltimore to the waters of the Ohio River first began to take form, the United States had barely emerged from the Revolutionary period” FirstsStatesFormWaterUnitedUnited StatesEconomyPeriodsRiversRevolutionaryConstructionSchemesOhioRailroadsBaltimore Book:The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States Source: The Railroad Builders: A Chronicle of the Welding of the States
“Overpopulation in the United States will become THE single greatest issue facing Americans in the 21st century. We either solve it proactively or nature will solve it brutally for us via water shortages, energy crisis, air pollution, gridlock, species extinction and worse.” StatesEnergyWaterUnitedUnited StatesIssuesAirCenturyCrisisSpeciesSolvePollution21st CenturyExtinctionShortageOverpopulationAir PollutionGridlockEnergy CrisisSpecies Extinction Author:Frosty Wooldridge
“A child gets a fever in the United States and it's high enough and sustainable enough, all of us can bring a child to an emergency room. Most Haitians never had that opportunity. They didn't have the emergency room to bring them to. Virtually every time your child has 102 fever, you wait for it to die and you have no clean water to give it.” GivingChildrenStatesEnoughDiesOpportunityWaitingWaterUnitedRoomsUnited StatesOur ChildrenCleanYour ChildrenEmergenciesFeverClean WaterEmergency Room Author:Sean Penn
“Not wasting any water bottles is good. Not leaving the lights on is good. Turning the thermostat down in the winter, up in the summer, is good. But the best thing any of us in the developed world, especially in the United States, can be doing is talking about it.” WorldStatesLightWaterUnitedTalkingUnited StatesSummerLeavingWinterBest ThingsBottlesWater Bottles Author:Bill Nye
“I read somewhere that everybody on this planet is separated by only six other people. Six degrees of separation between us and everyone else on this planet. The President of the United States, a gondolier in Venice, just fill in the names. I find it extremely comforting that we're so close. I also find it like Chinese water torture, that we're so close because you have to find the right six people to make the right connection... I am bound, you are bound, to everyone on this planet by a trail of six people.” PeopleStatesNamesPresidentWaterUnitedUnited StatesPlanetsDegreesSixConnectionsBoundsSeparationChineseTortureTrailsComfortingVeniceSix Degrees Of Separation Author:John Guare
“Water conservation goes hand in hand with education. Teaching people that if you literally run the water while you brush your teeth - we go through 602 million gallons a day of waste in the United States because people are used to hearing the water run while they brush their teeth.” PeopleIfsStatesHandsRunningUsedWaterUnitedMillionsUnited StatesTeachingWasteHearingTeethConservationBrushesHand In HandGallonsWater Conservation Author:Ian Somerhalder