Ryan Zinke Quotes

I think people really understand that clean air and clean water and not having factories dumping their emissions into the atmosphere and into the rivers and into the sea has been a very good thing for America. EPA stands watch for very important principles that go all the way back to Teddy Roosevelt.

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.

Californians want to have clean air, clean water - not like the Trump Administration is trying to do with its rollback of environmental regulations, like the reversal of the Clean Power Plan.

Whether you believe in climate change or not, we want clean air. We want clean water for the American people.

Comprehensive climate legislation must be passed so that we can ensure a world where this and future generations can experience the bliss of breathing clean crisp air, while fishing in the Adirondacks... and being able to eat the fish afterwards.

Unfortunately, some in Washington remain tied to the dogma that responsible energy development cannot be achieved without taking a wrecking ball to the environment.

Republicans are for clean water, clean air, and clean energy. We are not for taxing people out of their house, home and business to pay for it. And that is the fundamental difference between the Democrats and Republicans on this issue.

I don't need a strong EPA. I don't need to fund a lot of money there.

Federal elections happen every two years in this country. Presidential elections every four years. And four years just isn't long enough to dismantle all the environmental laws we've got in this country.

EPA can and should now focus on getting real results in the fight for clean air, land, and water.

You name it - it is something every day from the Environmental Protection Agency, and every group I talk to is the same message: 'Please stop them. Please stop.'

New Jerseyans know the importance of clean air, clean drinking water, and protecting our natural resources.

I believe everyone deserves access to clean air and water, and that climate change has exacerbated this challenge.

We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.

I tell my environmental friends that they have won. Every issue we look at from an energy perspective is now also looked at from an environmental perspective.

Here are the facts we confront. No one is against conservation. No one is against alternative fuel sources.

I reflect back 35 years ago, and look how far we have come in America with our environmental policy to improve the conditions of our air and water, and we have had some real successes.

I cannot in good conscience vote for final passage of legislation that would pave the way to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it.

This air we breathe is precious, and the glaciers helped me understand that and stay focused on that.

There are some things that we value as a public good that the markets can't deliver, like clean air.

It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.

We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditions in which people can live.' That's what we're dealing with here.

We must strictly enforce the Environmental Law, closing down the polluters that fail to meet the standards.

We need a balanced, long term energy policy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and preserve the beauty of the land we love.