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  • Hans Blix on environmental

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    “Like I said, I’m more worried long term about the environmental issues then the use of arms.” -Hans Blix

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  • Bjorn Lomborg on environmental

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    “In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution, has been cut by more than half since 1955, rivers and coastal waters have dramatically improved, and forests are increasing.” -Bjorn Lomborg

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  • Fred Upton on environmental

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    “Without international participation, jobs and emissions will simply shift overseas to countries that require few, if any, environmental protections, harming the global environment as well as the U.S. economy.” -Fred Upton

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  • Gro Harlem Brundtland on environmental

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    “More than ever before, there is a global understanding that long-term social, economic, and environmental development would be impossible without healthy families, communities, and countries.” -Gro Harlem Brundtland

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  • Jay Inslee on environmental

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    “I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come in America with our environmental policy to improve the conditions of our air and water, and we have had some real successes.” -Jay Inslee

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  • Brian Mulroney on environmental

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    “We created the Cabinet Committee on the Environment to review the environmental implications of all government initiatives. I think what made us successful was the fact that it was a sustained approach. We did something new every year.” -Brian Mulroney

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  • Paul Hawken on environmental

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    “I think an old style of addressing environmental problems is ebbing, but the rise of the so-called conservative, political movement in this country is not a trend towards the future but a reaction to this very broad shift that we are undergoing.” -Paul Hawken

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  • John Key on environmental

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    “New Zealand needs to balance its environmental responsibilities with its economic opportunities, because the risk is that if you don’t do that – and you want to lead the world – then you might end up getting unintended consequences.” -John Key

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  • Jared Diamond on environmental

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    “Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isn’t long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws we’ve got in this country.” -Jared Diamond

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  • Galen Rowell on environmental

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    “These days, most nature photographers are deeply committed to the environmental message.” -Galen Rowell

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  • Corey Feldman on environmental

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    “I’d say that animal rights and environmental issues have always been at the forefront of my mind.” -Corey Feldman

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  • Edward James Olmos on environmental

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    “There are nuclear weapons in China, Iran, Korea and Pakistan. It wouldn’t 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

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  • Dan Lipinski on environmental

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    “By cutting critical domestic programs such as education, health, environmental protection, and veterans’ services, this budget reveals misplaced priorities.” -Dan Lipinski

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  • Jello Biafra on environmental

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    “I don’t think it’s too hippie to want to clean up the planet so you don’t wind up dying of some kind of cancer when you’re 45 years old. It enrages me that these big cancer-research organizations can’t be bothered to man the front lines of environmental protest.” -Jello Biafra

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  • Barry Commoner on environmental

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    “What I have experienced over time is that environmental problems are easier to deal with in ways that don’t go into their interconnections to the rest of what we are.” -Barry Commoner

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  • Debbie Wasserman Schultz on environmental

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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

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  • Muhammad Yunus on environmental

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    “Civilization has given us enormous successes: going to the moon, technology. But then this is the civilisation that took us to debt, environmental crisis, every single crisis. We need a civilization where we say goodbye to these things.” -Muhammad Yunus

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  • David Frum on environmental

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    “I’m 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

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  • Ethan Hawke on environmental

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    “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

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  • Daniel Goleman on environmental

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    “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 company’s bottom line will help it do the research and development that will reinvent everything we buy.” -Daniel Goleman

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  • Jeremy Rifkin on environmental

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    “The position I took at the time was that we hadn’t really examined any of the potential environmental consequences of introducing genetically modified organisms.” -Jeremy Rifkin

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  • Jeff Goodell on environmental

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    “Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved?” -Jeff Goodell

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  • Brooke Burke on environmental

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    “I really believe in the environmental movement right now – it only takes a little effort to make a big difference.” -Brooke Burke

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  • Maurice Strong on environmental

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    “Ted Turner is still a leader. And he sets a great example. His ability financially has been reduced, but his influence and his example still is an important asset to the whole environmental movement.” -Maurice Strong

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  • Andrew Weil on environmental

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    “We need to accept the seemingly obvious fact that a toxic environment can make people sick and that no amount of medical intervention can protect us. The health care community must become a powerful political lobby for environmental policy and legislation.” -Andrew Weil

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