Denis Napthine Quotes

Forward-thinking energy policies protect our environment and drive our economy, strengthening businesses both small and large.

Popular support for alternative energy has been very high for years. But it harms corporate profits.

Government needs to do two things: put a price on carbon and invest heavily in new technologies.

...it is true that renewable energy is expensive and can't be done without public sector support, it is an important investment in the future.

As a member of both the energy and environment committees, I am constantly astounded by how many of my colleagues prefer to focus on what the government can do for the nuclear or coal industries rather than why the government should support clean and sustainable energy.

I'm doing my part, building plants at a record rate, having historic conservation levels. The only people not doing their part is the federal government that is siding with the energy companies against the interests of the people of California.

When it comes to climate and energy, Gates is a radical consumerist. In his view, energy consumption is good - it just needs to be clean energy.

Since stepping down as laboratory director in 1999, I have devoted an increasing fraction of my time to international issues. I am involved with energy, environment, and sustainability issues, particularly as they involve new energy sources free of greenhouse gases.

I have been working for years to promote a responsible energy policy that works to increase energy efficiency and invest in alternative and renewable energy sources.

We should see the leadership from the White House setting dates certain for certain goals of achieving greater alliance on alternative and renewable energy sources, but we are not.

You got to be just stupid to not be focused on alternative energy.

The only way people are going to change their car buying habits, and the only way government will get behind alternatively fueled vehicles, is if gasoline prices continue to go up.

In any crass political calculation, drilling for oil will always win more votes than putting a price on carbon. But if I recall what I was taught in fifth-grade American government class, we elect presidents to do more than crass political calculations.

I think there are steps that can be taken that haven't been required or energy to make that fight more secure and we are going to continue to push the federal government to do that.

We can no longer continue with a status quo energy policy. We must create sustainable clean energy jobs and leave the planet to our children and grandchildren in better shape than we found it.

Meanwhile, people have to join us and fight back against the federal government that has dropped the ball, that is in bed with these energy companies, that wants them to make more money than they've made before.

I will continue to advocate for a strong federal government role to establish the production, storage and distribution networks needed to support a hydrogen economy.

If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the next decade.

If you take energy and climate change, you really cannot deal with the problems with energy and climate change without European co-operation at a high level. If you take digitalisation, it's an obvious area where European co-operation can actually make a difference.

Like every other viable environmental policy, the search for clean energy begins at home.

Thanks to policies mandating clean energy development, California's electric grid is one of the least carbon-intensive in the world.

We need to replace coal with gas. We need to leave oil in the ground.

California continues to pass the most ambitious laws in the world to expand clean energy and combat climate change.

Addressing climate change and positioning the United States as the leader in advanced energy should be a top priority for our country and our economy, and I applaud the Obama administration for the steps it is taking.

As Governor of Colorado, I will continue to transition our state away from fossil fuels to more clean, renewable sources of energy.