“Maybe we need to fall on the common-sense side of protecting these species, but continue harvesting wood products we all use and enjoy. We've got to be able to do both - protect water quality and species, as well as harvest trees.” NeedsWellsUseAbleFallEnjoySidesWaterCommonQualityTreeProductsProtectSpeciesWoodsCommon SenseHarvestWater Quality Author:John Hancock
“I believe water will be the defining crisis of our century — from droughts, storms, and floods to degrading water quality. We'll see major conflicts over water and the proliferation of water refugees. We inhabit a water planet, and unless we protect, manage, and restore that resource, the future will be a very different place from the one we imagine today.” BelieveDifferentTodayI BelieveWaterQualityImagineCenturyPlanetsProtectConflictMajorsResourcesCrisisStormManageFloodRefugeeDefiningDifferent PlaceDroughtDegradingProliferationWater Quality Author:Alexandra Cousteau
“In almost every instance, air and water quality goals were met more cheaply and quickly when we taxed pollution than when we tried to regulate it directly.” GoalWaterQualityAirMetsInstancePollutionAir And WaterWater Quality Author:Bob Frank
“Today we find ourselves faced with the imminent end of the era of cheap oil, the prospect (beyond the recent bubble) of steadily rising commodity prices, the degradation of forests, lakes and soils, conflicts over land use, water quality, fishing rights and the momentous challenge of stabilising concentrations of carbon in the global atmosphere.” EndsUseTodayGrowthWaterChallengesQualityRightsLandConflictOilForestsErasAtmosphereRisingSoilLakesFishingConcentrationBubblesConsumptionCommodityCarbonDegradationLand UseCommodity PricesWater Quality Author:Tim Jackson
“We've got some great big problems in our world. We have to figure out how to feed 10 billion people. Too many people can't access clean water, quality healthcare, and reasonable education. We have to figure out what to do about climate change, income inequality, and more. Innovators need to rise to the challenge!” PeopleWorldNeedsProblemBigsWaterChallengesQualityFiguresCleanClimateClimate ChangeAccessBillionsIncomeInequalityReasonableOur WorldHealthcareInnovatorsBig ProblemsClean WaterIncome InequalityWater Quality Author:Scott D. Anthony
“High quality water is more than the dream of the conservationists, more than a political slogan; high quality water, in the right quantity at the right place at the right time, is essential to health, recreation, and economic growth. Of all our planet's activities - geological movements, the reproduction and decay of biota, and even the disruptive propensities of certain species (elephants and humans come to mind) - no force is greater than the hydrologic cycle.” MindHumansDreamPoliticalCertainForceGrowthWaterQualityGreaterEconomicMovementPlanetsActivityEssentialsRainRiversSpeciesCyclesQuantityDecayElephantsRight TimeOur PlanetSlogansEconomic GrowthRight PlaceRecreationReproductionHigh QualityPropensityDisruptiveWater Quality Author:Richard Bangs
“Ranchers need clean water for their stock, farmers need it for their crops, every employer needs it to stay in business, and every living thing needs it for life... The law needs to be clear to protect water quality and the rights of landowners.” NeedsLawWaterBusinessQualityClearRightsProtectCleanFarmersEmployersLiving ThingsCropsClean WaterRanchersFarmers And RanchersWater Quality Author:Mark Udall
“A large-scale wind, water and solar energy system can reliably supply the world’s needs, significantly benefiting climate, air quality, water quality, ecology and energy security ... [T]he obstacles are primarily political, not technical.” WorldNeedsPoliticalEnergyWaterQualityAirSecurityWindClimateObstaclesScalesEcologyLarge ScaleSolar EnergyAir QualityEnergy SecurityWater Quality Author:Mark Z. Jacobson
“High quality water is more than the dream of the conservationists, more than a political slogan; high quality water, in the right quantity at the right place at the right time, is essential to health, recreation, and economic growth.” DreamPoliticalGrowthWaterQualityEconomicEssentialsRiversEnvironmentalQuantityRight TimeSlogansEconomic GrowthRight PlaceRecreationHigh QualityWater Quality Author:Edmund Muskie
“Radiation doesn't recognize borders. A meltdown in Japan or India, say, is a danger to the whole world. Wind circulates the radiation everywhere. Water quality is affected. We all eat the same fish. We use products from all over the world - if something is contaminated, it will cause harm.” IfsWorldWholeUseCausesWaterQualityDangerWindProductsIndiaFishesHarmWhole WorldBordersJapanAffectedRadiationMeltdownsWater Quality Author:Wladimir Klitschko
“For the record, I am sticking with my claim that the simultaneous degradation of air quality, water quality, water supply, food safety, soil quality, and other environment-related variables is the main challenge to China's continued development.” WaterChallengesQualityRecordsEnvironmentAirDevelopmentClaimsSafetyChinaRelatedSoilDegradationVariablesSimultaneousFood SafetyAir QualityWater Quality Author:James Fallows