Environmentalist : (17) " It’s important to recognise that humans are not the measure of all things… The Earth is the measure of all things. " - James Balog " The seas need their own Kyoto Protocol. " - Enric Sala " I love the environment at Spurs. " - Jan Vertonghen " I have touched coral, and it feels hard like a rock, with a little slimy thing on top of it. But it is better to not touch coral, to prevent damaging it. " - Enric Sala " While I have strongly and consistently supported the Clean Power Plan, and continue to do so, I cannot and will not support a proposal for a cap-and-trade system. " - Chris Gibson " If everybody switched to organic farming, we couldn’t support the earth’s current population – maybe half. " - Nina Fedoroff " There is a history of thinking about space science from an environmental ethics perspective. And part of what I want to do is turn that back and use that experience to see if it reflects how we think about the Earth. " - David Grinspoon " ‘Mercury’ is about a big company exploiting a small town. There is a place in Tamil Nadu called Kodaikanal. It had a thermometer factory, which would dump the mercury into the river. This affected a lot of people. This incident is the inspiration for this film. " - Karthik Subbaraj " I’ve always thought that underpopulated countries in Africa are vastly underpolluted. " - Lawrence Summers " Multinationals are more sensitive to public pressure because they have bigger brand names, and they have made commitments to be environmentally sensitive. Chinese firms are not used to this kind of pressure yet. " - Ma Jun