“The money economy thus leaves a large ecological footprint, defined as the amount of land and resources required to meet a typical consumer's needs. For example, with only about 4% of the world's population, the United States, the largest money economy, consumes in excess of one-quarter of the world's energy and materials and generates in excess of 25 percent of the world's greenhouse gas emissions.” WorldNeedsStatesEnergyUnitedUnited StatesEconomyLandExampleMaterialsAmountPercentResourcesPopulationDefinedConsumersGasQuartersExcessConsumerismTypicalEmissionsEcologicalFootprintOverconsumptionGreenhousesGreenhouse GasesEcological Footprints Author:Stuart L. Hart
“The United States did not sign Kyoto, yet its emissions are not that different from the countries that did sign it.” DifferentCountryStatesUnitedUnited StatesEmissionsKyoto Author:James Hansen
“Here's the truth: even if countries like the United States curb our emissions, if growing countries like India - with soaring energy needs - don't also embrace cleaner fuels, then we don't stand a chance against climate change.” IfsNeedsCountryStatesEnergyChangeChanceUnitedUnited StatesGrowingIndiaEmbraceClimateClimate ChangeFuelSoarEmissionsCleanersCurb Author:Barack Obama
“What is the environmental policy of the Republican Party? When I ask that question, I get a blank stare, if I'm president of the United States, we're going to address climate change and CO2 emissions in a business-friendly way.” IfsWayStatesAsksPresidentChangeUnitedPartyUnited StatesPolicyRepublicanClimateEnvironmentalClimate ChangeStaringAddressesFriendlyBlankRepublican PartyEmissionsCo2Environmental PolicyCo2 EmissionsBlank Stares Author:Lindsey Graham
“Joschka Fischer was a Green Party politician and Germany's foreign minister. We hired Mr. Fischer, as well as former US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, as advisors because we, as an automaker, want to know, for example, how new emissions laws will develop in the United States, Europe and Asia. Fischer and Ms. Albright have diverse contacts worldwide. They can call our attention to trends early on, information from which we can benefit.” KnowsWantWellsStatesLawUnitedPartyAttentionUnited StatesInformationExamplePoliticianBenefitsEuropeGreenContactFormerMinistersGermanyTrendsDiverseSecretaryAsiaEmissionsAdvisorsFischerMadeleinesGreen Party Author:Norbert Reithofer
“We face the gravest threat that civilization has ever confronted. It's global in nature and requires a global solution. Increased CO2 emissions anywhere, whether from China or the United States or from one of the countries that is burning its forests like Brazil or Indonesia.” CountryStatesFacesUnitedUnited StatesCivilizationSolutionsThreatChinaForestsBurningIndonesiaEmissionsBrazilCo2Co2 Emissions Author:Al Gore