Richard Burr Quotes

I do believe that [climate change] is real.

The debate is over. The scientific community has spoken in a virtually unanimous voice. Climate change is real. It is caused by human activity.

We now know beyond a doubt that global warming is a reality. And the question we must all answer is, what are we going to do about it?

You can't just do one of the things, because it won't be enough to combat the climate change that we're already starting to experience. It will only get worse.

Climate change is real and it is caused to a significant extent by human activity.

We can debate this or that aspect of climate change, but the reality is that most people now accept our climate is indeed subject to change as a result of greenhouse gas emissions.

The argument [behind climate change] is absolute crap. However, the politics of this are tough for us. Eighty per cent of people believe climate change is a real and present danger.

Of course climate change is real.

I have voted that climate change is happening and it's also caused by man.

The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.

Climate change is obviously happening and there is obviously a man-made contribution.

The main cause that I have attached my name to and am working diligently in is the issue of climate change.

The biggest drag on global growth in the coming decade will be the impact of energy on the environment.

Climate change is real and we have to address it.

Climate change is a reality.

Margaret Thatcher was the first political leader in any major country to warn of the dangers of climate change

Donald Trump thinks that climate change is a hoax perpetrated by the Chinese. I think it's real.

I happen to believe that one of the great crises facing the planet is climate change. Donald Trump happens not to think that climate change is real. Hillary Clinton takes it seriously.

But no matter how big the effort to push a propaganda line might be, climate change is bigger. This, undoubtedly and regrettably, is the biggest immediate long-term environmental challenge we face. A failure to concretely come to some policy outcome on climate change has not only a negative environmental impact but also social and economic consequences for us.

I do [believe climate change is man-made].

I honestly don't know, but if America continues to refuse to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, I see a bleak future not only for American society, but for the world as a whole. This is a global problem that is not going away, and the United States is an obstacle to solving it.

Climate change is real.

What do we do about climate change bearing down upon us?

The idea that global warming is the most important problem facing the world is total nonsense and is doing a lot of harm.

When you have energy companies like Shell and British Petroleum, both of which are perhaps represented in this room, saying there is a problem with excess carbon dioxide emission, I think we ought to listen.