Quote by Jeff Goodell
Americans dont pay much attention to environmental issues, because

Americans dont pay much attention to environmental issues, because they arent sexy. I mean, cleaning up coal plants and reining in outlaw frackers is hugely important work, but it doesnt get anybodys pulse racing. – Jeff Goodell

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“If you are interested enough in the climate crisis to read this post, you probably know that 2 degrees Centigrade of warming (or 3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) is the widely acknowledged threshold for “”dangerous”” climate change.” – Jeff Goodell

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Change
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Bloomberg is famously impatient with beltway politics and believes that to get anything done you need to work from the ground up. – Jeff Goodell

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But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before them, their success depends on keeping Americans stupid. – Jeff Goodell

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There should be more attention paid to scientific research in the ecology area, and I think that such attention to proper environmental concerns would make the public feel much better about it. – Thomas R. Cech

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Public discourse has been polluted now for decades by corporate-funded disinformation – not just with climate change but with a host of health, environmental and societal threats. The implications for the planet are grim. – Michael E. Mann

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environmental

But reducing harmful emissions, abating our dependence on foreign oil and developing alternative renewable energy sources have benefits that go beyond environmental health, they improve personal health, enhance national security and encourage our nations economic viability. – Jim Clyburn

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environmental

It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it. – David R. Brower

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environmental

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Lots of folks confuse bad management with destiny. – Kin Hubbard

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The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth. – Jean de la Bruyere

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But if you will not do so, behold, you have sinned against the Lord, and be sure your sin will find you out. Numbers 32:23 – Bible

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Just because everything is different doesnt mean anything has changed. – Irene Peter

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