I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities. Brian Mulroney
Our world faces a true planetary emergency. I know the phrase sounds shrill, and I know it's a challenge to the moral imagination. Al Gore
You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere. Donella Meadows
Environmental concern is now firmly embedded in public life: in education, medicine and law in journalism, literature and art. Barry Commoner
There is no place where we can safely store worn-out reactors or their garbage. No place! David R. Brower
It seems that every time mankind is given a lot of energy, we go out and wreck something with it. David R. Brower
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
We assume that everything's becoming more efficient, and in an immediate sense that's true our lives are better in many ways. But that improvement has been gained through a massively inefficient use of natural resources. Paul Hawken
Unless we keep this planet healthy, everything else is for naught. Victoria Principal
Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio. Thomas Malthus
The modern assault on the environment began about 50 years ago, during and immediately after World War II. Barry Commoner
Earth Day 1970 was irrefutable evidence that the American people understood the environmental threat and wanted action to resolve it. Barry Commoner
If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose. William Bartram
If you violate Nature's laws you are your own prosecuting attorney, judge, jury, and hangman. Luther Burbank
For me, going vegan was an ethical and environmental decision. I'm doing the right thing by the animals. Alexandra Paul
People in Slow Food understand that food is an environmental issue. Michael Pollan
We are now heading down a centuries-long path toward increasing the productivity of our natural capital - the resource systems upon which we depend to live - instead of our human capital. Paul Hawken
A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate. Donella Meadows
I consider myself to have been the bridge between the shotgun and the binoculars in bird watching. Before I came along, the primary way to observe birds was to shoot them and stuff them. Roger Tory Peterson
The Endangered Species Act is the strongest and most effective tool we have to repair the environmental harm that is causing a species to decline. Norm Dicks