Under the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program, homes are independently verified to be measurably more energy efficient than average houses. Melissa Bean
Maintaining healthy forests is essential to those who make a living from the land and for those of us who use them for recreational purposes. Cathy McMorris
Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy. Michael Burgess
We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand. Christopher Dodd
In today's world, it is no longer unimaginable to think that business can operate - and even thrive - in an environmentally-friendly manner. Olympia Snowe
The government should set a goal for a clean environment but not mandate how that goal should be implemented. Dixie Lee Ray
Mankind is considered (by the radical environmentalists) the lowest and the meanest of all species and is blamed for everything. Dixie Lee Ray
Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment. Gale Norton
Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation? Gale Norton
Liberals in Congress have spent the past three decades pandering to environmental extremists. The policies they have put in place are in large part responsible for the energy crunch we are seeing today. We have not built a refinery in this country for 30 years. Marsha Blackburn
We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment. Dennis Weaver
Within 10 years it will be impossible to travel to the North Pole by dog team. There will be too much open water. Will Steger
Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left. John Ray
Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science. James Inhofe
Pushing production out of America to nations without our environmental standards increases global environmental risks. Frank Murkowski
I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry. Frank Murkowski
If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement. Ronald Reagan
I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences. Arnold Schwarzenegger
A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic. E. O. Wilson
The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult. Jacques Yves Cousteau