“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
“Our country, we have faith to believe, is only at the beginning of its growth. Unless the forests of the United States can be made ready to meet the vast demands which this growth will inevitably bring, commercial disaster, that means disaster to the whole country, is inevitable.” BelieveMeanMadeCountryStatesWholeGrowthUnitedUnited StatesReadyDemandDisasterForestsOur CountryInevitableHave Faith Book:Presidential Addresses and State Papers of Theodore Roosevelt: With Portrait Frontispiece Source: Presidential Addresses and State Papers of Theodore Roosevelt: With Portrait Frontispiece
“I guess my favorite way to travel is in a car, especially if you get to go some place cool. The bullet train in Japan is cool; but overall, driving through certain areas, like the desert in the United States, or the Black Forest in Germany, you feel the nature unfolding.” IfsWayFeelsStatesCertainBlackUnitedUnited StatesCarAreasTrainMy FavoriteDrivingForestsDesertGermanyJapanBulletsUnfolding Author:Steve Kimock
“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