Clean Energy Quotes

• Our universe is a sea of energy - free, clean energy. It is all out there waiting for us to set sail upon it.

  Robert Adams

  Sea, Waiting, Energy

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• The nation that leads the clean energy economy will be the nation that leads the global economy.

  Barack Obama

  Energy, Politics, Economy

  First Presidential State of the Union Address, delivered 27 January 2010, Washington, D.C.

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• The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.

  Arnold Schwarzenegger

  Energy, Green, Sustainability

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• Bold clean energy action is needed to stave off a climate hostile to human life.

  Ray Metcalfe

  Energy, Climate, Action

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• As the saying goes, the Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones; we transitioned to better solutions. The same opportunity lies before us with energy efficiency and clean energy.

  Steven Chu

  Lying, Science, Opportunity

  Letter from Secretary Steven Chu to Energy Department Employees, energy.gov. February 1, 2013.

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• A low-carbon, clean energy economy can be an engine of growth for decades to come.

  Barack Obama

  Growth, Energy, Clean

  "US power sector to cut carbon emissions by 30% by 2030". "AM", www.abc.net.au. June 3, 2014.

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• Climate change is severely impacting the health of our planet and all of its inhabitants, and we must transition to a clean energy economy that does not rely on fossil fuels.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Energy, Climate, Transition

  "Institutions worth $2.6 trillion have now pulled investments out of fossil fuels" by Damian Carrington, Emma Howard, www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2015.

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• It really matters whether people are working on generating clean energy or improving transportation or making the Internet work better and all those things. And small groups of people can have a really huge impact.

  Larry Page

  Impact, People, Energy

  "20 Things I’ve Learned From Larry Page" by James Altucher, www.huffingtonpost.com. August 11, 2015.

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• The Clean Power Plan is a bold step not just in lowering carbon emissions, but also in creating the clean energy jobs of the future.

  Catherine Cortez Masto

  Jobs, Creating, Carbon Emissions

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• It's very important that we expand our use of clean energy and make a long-term commitment to it.

  Julia Roberts

  Commitment, Long, Important

  "Julia Roberts pumps up alternative fuel". www.today.com. July 21, 2006.

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• With millions of family wage manufacturing jobs lost since 2001, we need an energy bill that takes bold action to tap into American ingenuity in order to lead the world in new clean energy technology, rather than playing catch-up to the Japanese, Danish, and Germans.

  Jay Inslee

  Jobs, Technology, Order

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• In reality, Republicans have long been at war with clean energy. They have ridiculed investments in solar and wind power, bashed energy-efficiency standards, attacked state moves to promote renewable energy and championed laws that would enshrine taxpayer subsidies for fossil fuels while stripping them from wind and solar.

  Jeff Goodell

  War, Moving, Reality

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• Where are the jobs going to come from?Small business, manufacturing and clean energy. Where's the money to finance them? The banks and the corporations in America today have lots of money that they can invest right now.

  William J. Clinton

  Jobs, America, Energy

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• Democrats have laid out a program that, if adopted, would make us independent of Middle Eastern oil in ten years, and create a new economy especially for those in rural America. Our program invests in clean energy alternatives and provides energy assistance for those in need.

  Jim Clyburn

  Independent, Years, Oil

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• Furthermore, we believe that health care reform, again I said at the beginning of my remarks, that we sent the three pillars that the President's economic stabilization and job creation initiatives were education and innovation - innovation begins in the classroom - clean energy and climate, addressing the climate issues in an innovative way to keep us number one and competitive in the world with the new technology, and the third, first among equals I may say, is health care, health insurance reform.

  Nancy Pelosi

  Jobs, Believe, Technology

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• One point I like to stress is that we should think of coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear, as clean energy.

  Alex Epstein

  Stress, Thinking, Oil

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• Because we are now running out of gas and oil, we must prepare quickly for a third change, to strict conservation and to the use of ... permanent renewable energy sources, like solar power.

  Jimmy Carter

  Running, Oil, Energy

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• Clean energy independence should be an area of common ground.

  Van Jones

  Independence, Energy, Common

  Source: rooseveltinstitute.org

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• I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.

  Al Gore

  Thinking, Environmental, Energy

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• I love it when people yell at me about the environment and then I tell 'em I'm burning 90% cleaner than them.

  Neil Young

  People, Ems, Burning

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• Mining is like a search-and-destroy mission.

  Stewart Udall

  Uranium Mining, Energy, Environment

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• I think a revolution transitioning from fossil fuels to clean, renewable energy - somebody's going to be the 21st-century clean-energy superpower.

  Hillary Clinton

  Thinking, Fossils, Revolution

  Source: www.businessinsider.com

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• It is time to start going door to door and convincing our neighbours to vote for a clean-energy future.

  Eban Goodstein

  Doors, Energy, Climate

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• We can no longer continue with a status quo energy policy. We must create sustainable clean energy jobs and leave the planet to our children and grandchildren in better shape than we found it.

  Jeff Merkley

  Jobs, Children, Energy

  "Clean Energy is an Easy Choice" by Sen. Jeff Merkley, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 18, 2010.

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• I will not support efforts that kill jobs in my district and lack provisions for responsibly transitioning us toward a clean-energy economy.

  Ann Kirkpatrick

  Jobs, Support, Effort

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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