Geoff Hoon Quotes

You know, Californians care about protecting their environment. So do I. But they also care about that in the context of a healthy economy.

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

This whole idea that we address environmental issues by not doing stuff just doesn't work.

What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

This is the kind of balance people expect: both environment and the economy - not one or the other.

Building a 'Green Gabon' has always been a central pillar of my government, and in 2014, I introduced a new legal framework that puts environmental protection and sustainable development firmly at the heart of our future economic growth.

We cannot sustain long-term growth in our economies if we do not protect and preserve our environment.

Yes, we have ruined the Earth and have done an exceptionally good job of it. Yes, we should look at sustainable development. But we cannot afford to do things sequentially, but parallelly and make sure that we do not repeat our mistakes.

Green growth is one vehicle through which technology, globalisation and environmental challenges can be turned from obstacles to solutions for problems related to growth, jobs and competitiveness.

It would be a mistake to believe that environmental protection and economic growth are mutually exclusive.

I believe the accepted model of capitalism that demands endless growth deserves the blame for the destruction of nature, and it should be displaced. Failing that, I try to work with those companies and help them change the way they think about our resources.

A healthy environment is essential to a livable Oregon and a strong economy.

Good environmental policy is good economic policy.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

But now sustainability is such a political category that it's getting more and more difficult to think about it in a serious way. Sustainability has become an ornament.

I, Maggie, personally cannot tell you that you're going to save the planet. But what I do know is that we can draw a line to an issue that can conserve what we already have and what's left in a way that we can actually breathe the air, drink the water, actually grow things in soil - that matters in a real, practical way.

We must preserve our planet and grow our economy simultaneously. We cannot become more prosperous without the living systems upon which our prosperity depends.

I think its time to change and balance the environment and growth. If we don't do that, we're going to suffer a hard landing one day very soon.

The idea of a non-growing economy may be an anathema to an economist. But the idea of a continually growing economy is an anathema to an ecologist.

We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.

It's obvious that the key problem facing humanity in the coming century is how to bring a better quality of life - for 8 billion or more people - without wrecking the environment entirely in the attempt.

We can make a concerted effort to stop poisoning the planet: that would be a good way of appeasing the gods.

Every time we try to do something to improve the environment someone predicts that it will ruin the 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.