“[I predict] the electricity generated by water power is the only thing that is going to keep future generations from freezing. Now we use coal whenever we produce electric power by steam engine, but there will be a time when there'll be no more coal to use. That time is not in the very distant future. ... Oil is too insignificant in its available supply to come into much consideration.” UseScienceWaterGenerationsProduceAvailableOilConsiderationEnginesElectricElectricityPredictionsCoalInsignificantFuture GenerationSteamFreezingSteam EnginesWater PowerElectric Power Author:Charles Proteus Steinmetz
“Imagine a ship that is sinking and needs all the available power to run the pumps to drain out the rising waters. The first class passengers refuse to cooperate because they feel hot and want to use the air-conditioner and other electrical appliances. The second-class passengers spend all their time trying to be upgraded to first-class status. The boat sinks and the passengers all drown. That is where the present approach to climate change is leading.” WantNeedsFeelsTryingFirstsUseRunningWaterClassImagineAirApproachHotClimateClimate ChangeRefuseAvailableShipsBoatRisingDrainsPassengersSinkingElectricalPumpsFirst ClassAppliancesClass StatusAir ConditionerElectrical Appliances Author:Matthieu Ricard
“With the growth of the world population, the global climate change and the need for a greater healthy environment, access to water resources has become a crucial condition for the realization of an equitable international order, where the needs of the peoples are effectively addressed. In this regard, the need for international cooperation, including in joint effort with relevant non-state actors, is paramount to ensure water is made available to all without discrimination. Water is a human right, an enabling right, not a mere commodity.” WorldNeedsHumansMadeStatesOrderActorsGrowthWaterEffortEnvironmentGreaterConditionsHealthyResourcesRegardMereClimateClimate ChangeIncludingInternationalPopulationAvailableAccessDiscriminationRealizationCooperationCrucialRelevantCommodityJointsEnablingParamountEquitableWater ResourcesWorld PopulationInternational CooperationHealthy EnvironmentJoint EffortsAccess To Water Author:Alfred-Maurice de Zayas
“The Federal Government has a responsibility to manage wisely those public lands and forests under its jurisdiction necessary in the interest of the public as a whole. ... In the utilization of these lands, the people are entitled to expect that their timber, minerals, streams and water supply, wildlife and recreational values should be safeguarded, improved and made available not only for this but for future generations.” PeopleShouldMadeWholeGovernmentValuesInterestWaterResponsibilityGenerationsLandEnvironmentalAvailableForestsManageStreamsSustainabilityEntitledFederal GovernmentFuture GenerationWildlifeMineralsTimberJurisdictionUtilizationPublic Lands Author:Dwight D. Eisenhower
“As currently written, the laws require certain manufacturers and users of such chemicals to report any and all environmental releases-either accidental or routine-to air, water, or soil. The Toxics Release Inventory is the main registry of such events, and it is available to the public through the Environmental Protection Agency. It is hardly comprehensive. Toxic emissions reported to the federal government are thought to account for only 5 percent of all chemical releases.” GovernmentLawCertainWaterWrittenAirEventsPercentAccountsEnvironmentalAvailableProtectionReleaseAgencySoilReportsRoutineChemicalsToxicUsersPollutionFederal GovernmentComprehensiveEmissionsEnvironmental ProtectionInventory Author:Sandra Steingraber
“For those who don't live in a place where water is readily available, it's something you carry on your back for six kilometers, that makes your children sick, that is perhaps the hardest part of your existence.” ChildrenWaterExistenceSixSickOur ChildrenAvailableHardestYour Children Author:Alexandra Cousteau
“I had to adjust to living in a Third World country, which means that things people in the U.S. take for granted-like hot running water whenever you turn on the tap-are not always available.” PeopleWorldMeanCountryRunningTurnsWaterThirdsHotAvailableGrantedTurn-onThird WorldRunning WaterThird World Countries Author:Assata Shakur