David Quammen Quotes

The climate is obviously changing dramatically.

Climate change is a real deal. So, hey deniers - cut it out, and let's get to work.

We need to get a broader awareness. People say climate change is really bad, but painting that picture of what you're putting at risk.

Climate change is the greatest threat to human rights in the 21st century.

"Some human activity linked to climate change." That bothers me much more than whether or not we're gonna be prosecuting Hillary [Clinton].

While I am not a scientist, and write primarily on economics, tax policy and budget issues, I have been fascinated over the years by Heartland's work on climate change.

The role of CO2 is not nearly as clear as the climate catastrophists would suggest.

The whole thing [climate change] is bogus and made up, designed like they always do to scare you.

I thought if the climate was heating that CO2 was the only forcing, and it would be late in the century before we had trouble. Now that we know about the other half of the forcing, it's obvious that the trouble is coming much sooner.

When it comes to climate, we can all make a big difference.

No challenge poses a greater threat to future generations than climate change.

Unfortunately, the issues of climate change, unlike many other issues, are very subtle because the changes we observe are very, very subtle.

Adaptation is the only means to reduce the now-unavoidable costs of climate change over the next few decades

Research data on climate change do not show that human use of hydrocarbons is harmful. To the contrary, there is good evidence that increased atmospheric carbon dioxide is environmentally helpful.

I think the global warming debate is now pretty much over and people recognize the need associated with providing sources which do not generate the heat that is currently provided by fossil fuels. I concur that climate change is beginning to [have an] effect on our natural resources and that now is the time to take action.

[Donald] Trump has been very inconsistent on many things; on Twitter he's been all over the place, but some of it is very consistent. That is: Do nothing about climate change except make it worse. And he's not just speaking for himself, but for the whole Republican Party, the whole leadership. It's already had impact, it will have worse impact.

Global warming is a total, and very expensive, hoax!

This is not some distant problem of the future. This is a problem that is affecting Americans right now. Whether it means increased flooding, greater vulnerability to drought, more severe wildfires - all these things are having an impact on Americans as we speak.

Of course climate change is real.

...climate change is accelerating. It threatens our well being, our security, and our economic development. It will lead to uncontrollable risks and dramatic damage if we do not take resolute countermeasures.

I think we're all experiencing climate change. Experience is an effective teacher. It's sometimes a very harsh teacher. So we will be taught about climate change.

Climate change is a reality.

The debate about climate change in many ways is tied to the petroleum industry. If the value of petroleum was considerably less than it is, and the value of coal was considerably less than it is, there would be much less debate about this.

Anyone who tries to deny #ClimateChange looks a little bit bonkers.

Climate change is such a consequential crisis to everybody in the world.