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I always thought we had an environmental problem, but I hadnt realized how urgent it was. James Lovelock writes that by the end of this century there will be one billion people left. – Vivienne Westwood

This is absolutely bizarre that we continue to subsidize highways beyond the gasoline tax, airlines, and we dont subsidize, we dont want to subsidize a national rail system that has environmental impact. – Joe Biden

My lens of choice was always the 35 mm. It was more environmental. You cant come in closer with the 35 mm. – Annie Leibovitz

Over and over, we hear politicians say they cant spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile. – David Suzuki

I dont see this planet being… theyre talking about how theyre turning around the environmental problems here, but I think its already too late. – Ace Frehley

I took the initiative in moving forward a whole range of initiatives that have proven to be important to our countrys economic growth, environmental protection, improvements in our educational system. – Al Gore

Toxins love to get you while youre young. Lead, mercury, secondhand smoke and sundry other environmental nasties do a lot more damage when tissue is immature, vulnerable and growing than when its mature and comparatively fixed. – Jeffrey Kluger

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

Mark Ruffalo, aka the Incredible Hulk, is the natural gas industrys worst nightmare: a serious, committed activist who is determined to use his star power as a superhero in the hottest movie of the moment to draw attention the environmental and public health risks of fracking. – Jeff Goodell

In this country, the health concerns and the environmental concerns are as deep as in Europe. All the surveys show that. But here, we didnt have the cultural dimension. This is a fast-food culture. – Jeremy Rifkin

The position I took at the time was that we hadnt really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms. – Jeremy Rifkin

The industrial processes in use today were developed at a time when no one had to consider what the environmental impact was. Who cared? But making ecological concerns matter to a companys bottom line will help it do the research and development that will reinvent everything we buy. – Daniel Goleman

At every turn, when humanity is asked the question, Do you want temporary economic gain or long-term environmental loss, which one do you prefer, we invariably choose the money. – Ethan Hawke

Ive developed a huge regard for Toyota for its environmental awareness, for its immense commitment to research and development in this field, and for its leadership in developing hybrids which others are now following. – Maurice Strong

One of the things that Ive always thought I would like to do is to develop an environmental index. Then people can measure their own environmental performance on an index as they do in other ways. – Maurice Strong

Im a latecomer to the environmental issue, which for years seemed to me like an excuse for more government regulation. But I can see that in rich societies, voters are paying less attention to economic issues and more to issues of the spirit, including the environment. – David Frum

I dont think its too hippie to want to clean up the planet so you dont wind up dying of some kind of cancer when youre 45 years old. It enrages me that these big cancer-research organizations cant be bothered to man the front lines of environmental protest. – Jello Biafra

There are nuclear weapons in China, Iran, Korea and Pakistan. It wouldnt take much to send a couple of warheads off on this planet somewhere that would cause a lot of environmental damage, then if you have got someone who wants to retaliate you have real problems. – Edward James Olmos

Id say that animal rights and environmental issues have always been at the forefront of my mind. – Corey Feldman

By adopting the control strategy, the nations environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth. – Barry Commoner