Johnny Isakson Quotes

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

Environmentalists hate sprawl - except when it comes to the size of their expansive pet legislation on Capitol Hill.

I wish politicians would put the environment at the centre of every agenda.

Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?

Environmental policy must strike a balance between the earth's best interests and our citizen's pressing needs.

An important reason that we're in the trouble we are in with climate change is that we don't have a handle on our environment. We form public policy based on information that is wrong.

As with any difficult challenge that the public and policymakers face, there is no single solution or silver bullet that will serve as the answer to how the United States works to reduce carbon emissions.

I am convinced that climate change represents a historic opportunity on an even greater scale.

Because the financial power of the fossil-fuel industry is so great it can, and has, delayed any real action of the climate issues almost everywhere.

I like to think of climate action as a three-legged stool.

Ask almost anybody if they think the climate?s changed in the last couple of decades and they will all say ?yes? and give you lots of examples.

Global warming, climate change, it's a total.

My administration is committed to a leadership role on the issue of climate change.

The issue of climate change is one that we ignore at our own peril

Climate change: Don't undermine the science just because you don't like the economics

When you warn people about the dangers of climate change, they call you a saint. When you explain what needs to be done to stop it, they call you a communist.

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.

President Obama gave a big speech on climate change. He believes global warming is getting worse because apparently he's sweating a lot more during his second term

Can we remain indifferent before the problems associated with such realities as climate change?

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

Climate change is very real. It is a serious issue it should be treated that way... It is not just ours here in Iowa or even in the United States.

We've abnegated the Kyoto treaty, we've instituted a voluntary program that's obviously not been working, we've taken every effort to excise references to global warming from official documents, to try to undermine international conferences that work on environmental issues, and on and on and on.

We acknowledge-now with President Obama-that we have made mistakes in the United States, and we along with other developed countries have contributed most significantly to the problem we face with climate change.

Strategizing how to use it, how to promote it, how to use it as a campaign aid? I can't find any reference to [climate change].

Any so-called leader who does not take this issue (climate change) seriously or treats it like a joke is not fit to lead