Environmentalist : (23)

" 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

" It’s hard to appreciate the importance of the rainforest because it seems so far away, but it’s vital to the survival of the planet as we know it. " - Lily Cole

" We should be looking at the bigger picture. It’s all very well going around driving our Priuses, but we have to look to our governments to make us less reliant on oil. " - Trudie Styler

" For more than 30 years, the state of Nevada and local communities have rejected the Yucca Mountain project. In fact, the state has filed over 200 contentions against the Department of Energy’s license application, challenging the adequacy of the department’s environmental impact assessments. " - Jacky Rosen

" No water equals no life. We can have no oil; it’s fine. No water – there is no plan b with no water. " - Edward Burtynsky