Ted Wheeler Quotes

It's imperative that we opt out of the fossil fuel endgame.

The shift to a cleaner energy economy wont happen overnight, and it will require tough choices along the way. But the debate is settled. Climate change is a fact.

Make no mistake: Tackling climate change is vital. But to see everything through the lens of short-term CO2 reductions, letting our obsession with carbon blind us to the bigger picture, is to court catastrophe.

However we choose to leave the E.U., let me be clear: we remain committed to dealing with climate change.

Americans know our only response in the face of mounting risks from climate change must be the swift transition to a clean energy economy. We do not have the luxury of burying our heads in the sand.

The Paris Agreement is a highly significant step in tackling climate change - but a piece of paper will not save the world. It is not 'job done.'

Renewables are critical in our fight against climate change.

On climate change, Britain is leading in Europe.

The U.S. has fallen well behind Europe in recognizing climate change and the implications of climate change.

I believe climate change is real - and I believe we have to act to protect the climate as fast as we possibly can.

The right response to the non-problem of global warming is to have the courage to do nothing.

The most important thing about global warming is this. Whether humans are responsible for the bulk of climate change is going to be left to the scientists, but it's all of our responsibility to leave this planet in better shape for the future generations than we found it.

If each one of us does our bit, we will be helping to keep global warming from harming our countries.

The European nations take climate change very seriously.

Climate change is the central environmental ill of our time. We have an obligation to protect our children from the dangers of this widening scourge, and we aren't yet doing enough about it.

I care about climate change because of our children. I want to safeguard their future.

There are those who say that climate change is a hoax, a concoction of radical environmentalists and a liberal media. That is simply hogwash.... To ignore and dismiss the threat of climate change to the economy and the environment is like insisting the earth is flat.

I've dedicated my life in public service to defeating climate change.

The growing evidence of climate change is forcing attention on carbon emissions and their reduction.

I think, in the long run, we have to wean ourselves from a carbon-based economy. We absolutely have to.

Climate change is moving faster than we are, but we don't give up because we know that climate action is the only path.

If we're concerned about climate change as a country, we should have policies that make sure our great-grandchildren have a planet that's healthy and strong.

I want to see us move from a fossil fuel economy to a renewable economy - if not in my lifetime, then in the lifetime of my children.

I am passionate about preserving the rights and opportunities of current and future Americans. That has meant fighting to stop global warming.

We have shared responsibility for global climate; we have to reduce climate change below 2 degrees Celsius.