Mike DeWine Quotes

I think the governor has short-changed the people of Pennsylvania with respect to shale gas, both with respect to the environment and the economy.

The people of West Virginia deserve jobs. But the people of West Virginia also deserve clean water.

If you’re a Chinese mayor and have to choose between growing jobs and cutting pollution, you will invariably choose jobs: Coughing workers are much less politically dangerous than unemployed workers.

Pure air, pure water, the inspection of unhealthy habitations, the adulteration of food, these and many kindred matters may be legitimately dealt with by the Legislature;

I have never believed we had to choose between either a clean and safe environment or a growing economy. Protecting the health and safety of all Americans doesn’t have to come at the expense of our economy’s bottom line. And creating thriving companies and new jobs doesn’t have to come at the expense of the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, or the natural landscape in which we live. We can, and indeed must, have both.

I have generally and will always fight for clean air and safe drinking water laws.

My fear is that we are losing sight of how much we depend on the EPA to protect not just our environment but the people who live in it.

Fracking is an industrial process, but it can be done safely. It's government's job to make sure it can be done safely.

Army Corps activities have a significant impact on the health, public safety, and overall quality of life for many Mississippians.

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

The access to clean air and clean water is a basic right.

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.

As state and federal lawmakers debate the country's energy policies and Colorado's role in the ever-expanding energy economy, let's hope they remember that unnecessary regulations stifle growth while doing nothing for public safety or health.

They've got to tell us what is necessary to ensure the future health of the river system.

Santa Monica Bay is less polluted today than when I first moved to the area in the 1970s, because actions have been taken to avoid putting some of the noxious materials into the sea. I think people are more aware than they once were, the air is cleaner, water generally is, in spite of the fact that there are more people.

I do care about the mercury contamination which this country will be experiencing because of the attempted sellout by this administration to special interests which will result in more mercury in the blood of young children in America.

The solution is to first create an integrated economic development and recreation plan that addresses the needs of the people who live and recreate in central Idaho.

Important reserves of natural resources, like petroleum and precious metals, are the bulwarks for laying the foundations for the future.

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

Australia is a resource-rich nation. We have been good at exploiting our minerals base and agricultural sector for exports.

Mitt Romney understands the importance of Alaska as a leader in our country's energy production and I look forward to working with him on such an important economic and national security matter.

Americans are worried about pollution - oil trains running through their towns, fracking in their neighborhoods, coal dust in their air. They're worried about what the future will look like for their children if carbon pollution continues unchecked.

Moreover, environmental health at the local level has become narrowly focused, very much defined around regulations and the attendant regulatory debates.

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.

To save my live I cannot see what right we have to control the air that God Almighty gave the people.