Climate Change Quotes - Page 7

• I think it is manmade. I think it's clearly manmade.

  Joe Biden

  Thinking

  Sen. Joe Biden and Gov. Sarah Palin debate, www.cnn.com. October 3, 2008.

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• We will respond to the threat of climate change

  Barack Obama

  Climate, Threat, Inauguration

  Second Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 21 January 2013, Washington, D.C.

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• I know that the precise magnitude and patterns of climate change cannot be fully predicted. But global warming clearly is a growing, long-term threat with profound consequences. And make no mistake about it, it will take decades to reverse.

  William J. Clinton

  Mistake, Long, Profound

  William J. Clinton “Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, William J. Clinton, 1993, Bk. 2, August 1 to December 31, 1993”, Government Printing Office

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• We do not know how much our climate could or will change in the future. We do not know how fast change will occur or even how some of our actions could impact it.

  George W. Bush

  Impact, Climate, Our Actions

  George Walker Bush, John W. Dietrich (2005). “The George W. Bush Foreign Policy Reader: Presidential Speeches and Commentary”, p.162, M.E. Sharpe

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• Agricultural demand for water - probably the largest threat to freshwater species - continues to increase. ... Meanwhile, threats to terrestrial biodiversity - primarily the conversion of habitat to agricultural uses ... - have not diminished.

  Indur M. Goklany

  Water, Habitat, Use

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• An Inconvenient Truth is so convincing that it makes opposers of the argument as credible as Holocaust deniers.

  Jon Niccum

  Holocaust, Argument, Truth Is

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• Denialism, a concept that was first widely used, as far as I know, for those who claimed that the Holocaust was a fraud, is the concept I believe we should use.

  Robert Manne

  Believe, Holocaust, Use

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• There are many more traits that the climate deniers share with the creationists and Holocaust deniers and others who distort the truth.

  Donald R. Prothero

  Holocaust, Climate, Share

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• We are convinced, as some of you may be convinced, that changing the way we produce and use energy is essential to America's economic future, that it will create millions of new jobs, power new industries, keep us competitive, and spark new innovation.

  Barack Obama

  Jobs, America, Innovation

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• We, the people, still believe that our obligations as Americans are not just to ourselves, but to all posterity. We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling drought and more powerful storms.

  Barack Obama

  Children, Powerful, Believe

  Second Presidential Inaugural Address, delivered 21 January 2013, Washington, D.C.

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• Global warming is real and human activity is the main cause. The consequences are mainly negative and headed toward catastrophic, unless we act. However, the good news is that we can meet this challenge. It is not too late, and we have everything we need to get started.

  Al Gore

  Real, Challenges, News

  Al Gore's testimony before the U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee's Subcommittee, and the Science and Technology Committee's Subcommittee on Climate Crisis, abcnews.go.com. March 21, 2007.

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• The problem with all these tired excuses for inaction is that it suggests a fundamental lack of faith in American business and American ingenuity.

  Barack Obama

  Tired, Fundamentals, Global Warming

  "Coal-state Dems chisel away at Obama climate plan". www.foxnews.com. June 29, 2013.

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• To be clear, climate change is a true 800 pound gorilla in the room. The effects of global warming threaten global environmental upheaval over the coming century. But for South Florida and the Everglades, it could be our death knell if urgent action is not taken.

  Debbie Wasserman Schultz

  Taken, Florida, Environmental

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• If you ask me, it'd be little short of disastrous for us to discover a source of clean, cheap, abundant energy because of what we would do with it.

  Amory Lovins

  Energy, Littles, Environment

  "Amory Lovins: Energy Analyst and Environmentalist". The Plowboy Interview, www.motherearthnews.com. November/December 1977.

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• The prospect of cheap fusion energy is the worst thing that could happen to the planet.

  Jeremy Rifkin

  Eugenics, Fusion, Energy

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• We can't just drill our way out of the energy and climate challenge that we face.

  Barack Obama

  Challenges, Way, Faces

  Twitter post from Jun 28, 2013

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• When an issue becomes a vital part of a political agenda, as is the case with climate, then the politically desired position becomes a goal rather than a consequence of scientific research.

  Richard Lindzen

  Issues, Goal, Political

  "Climate Science: Is it currently designed to answer questions?". Richard Lindzen's remarks for Program in Atmospheres, Oceans and Climate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, arxiv.org. September 19, 2008.

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• I'm often asked whether I believe in Global Warming. I now just reply with the question: "Do you believe in Gravity?"

  Neil deGrasse Tyson

  Believe, Global Warming, Gravity

  Twitter post from Jul 31, 2012

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• Some of the most intriguing new research is in the area of extreme weather events and rainfall. A recent study by German scientists published in Climatic Change projects that extreme precipitation will increase significantly in regions that are already experiencing extreme rainfall. Man-made global warming has already increased the moisture content of the air worldwide, causing bigger downpours. Each additional degree of temperature increase causes another seven percent increase in moisture in the air, and even larger downpours when storm conditions trigger heavy rains and snows.

  Al Gore

  Rain, Men, Air

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• Some people call it global warming; some people call it climate change. What is the difference?

  Frank Luntz

  Differences, People, Climate

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• We've taken bold action at home by making historic investments in renewable energy, by putting our people to work increasing efficiency in our homes and buildings, and by pursuing comprehensive legislation to transform to a clean energy economy.

  Barack Obama

  Taken, Home, People

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• The United States will continue its efforts to improve our understanding of climate change - to seek hard data, accurate models, and new ways to improve the science - and determine how best to meet these tremendous challenges.

  George H. W. Bush

  Data, Effort, Understanding

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• Researchers at the Naval Postgraduate School have told us that the entire Arctic ice cap may totally disappear in summer in as little as five years if nothing is done to curb emissions of greenhouse gas pollution.

  Al Gore

  Summer, School, Years

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• Man steps on an ant when he can't catch the fly.

  Bill Gaede

  Men, Ants, Steps

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• If other countries don't impose a cost on carbon, then we will be at a disadvantage...we would look at considering perhaps duties that would offset that cost.

  Steven Chu

  Country, Business, Looks

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