Environmental : (148) " Dams have harmed our wildlife and made rivers less useful for recreation. " - Stephen Ambrose " We cannot sustain long-term growth in our economies if we do not protect and preserve our environment. " - Jose Angel Gurria " When cyclones tear up Oklahoma and hurricanes swamp Alabama and wildfires scorch Texas, you come to us, the rest of the country, for billions of dollars to recover. And the damage that your polluters and deniers are doing doesn’t just hit Oklahoma and Alabama and Texas. It hits Rhode Island with floods and storms. " - Sheldon Whitehouse " We need a government that takes climate change seriously, one that doesn’t shunt it to the side-lines. " - Layla Moran " No clean energy development is complete without extensive environmental protections, and I’ve been proud to work in a bipartisan fashion with my colleagues in Congress to protect our most precious natural resources. " - Elise Stefanik " In reality drilling is the slowest, dirtiest, and most expensive way to solve our energy crisis. " - Lois Capps " I can’t even consider the prospect of grandchildren because I don’t know if there will be anything left for them on Earth. That’s how serious the problem is. We can’t drink the water or breathe the air, and we’re all dying from some sort of cancer. How many generations can sustain that? It frightens me terribly. " - Patti Davis " Wind and solar power are land-intensive, a green sin, but not energy-dense, and affordable only when heavily subsidized. And wind power must be supplemented with hydrocarbons for reliability. " - Mark McKinnon " Because of climate changes, it’s not just a question of producing energy. It’s a question of producing energy in a way that we can live with in the long term. If you look at the available pieces, from conservation to nuclear, solar, whatever, and you put them all together, we can’t do it. " - George M. Whitesides " It’s time to face facts: Most people stop being environmentalists when they sit down to eat. " - Ingrid Newkirk