Jeff Van Drew Quotes

A transition to clean energy is about making an investment in our future.

The Energy Transition Act fundamentally changes the dynamic in New Mexico. This legislation is a promise to future generations of New Mexicans, who will benefit from both a cleaner environment and a more robust energy economy with exciting career and job opportunities.

Whether you're a banker or a botanist - the economic benefits of a clean energy revolution are compelling.

We need to focus on green jobs: solar, wind, geothermal, biomass. There's so many opportunities. But other countries like China are getting ahead of the curve.

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.

Japan is a model already to the lie that economic growth is the key to our future. If they can really show an alternative to nukes and fossil fuels, then they will be the poster boy for the renewable energy for the future.

The nation that leads the clean energy economy will lead the global economy.

America's brightest minds are charting a course to a clean energy future that will provide for our health, safety, and prosperity.

We need to invest dramatically in green energy, making solar panels so cheap that everybody wants them. Nobody wanted to buy a computer in 1950, but once they got cheap, everyone bought them.

The 'clean energy' challenge deserves a commitment akin to the Manhattan project or the Apollo moon landing.

We all know that we have to get off of fossil fuels. And we know that the world is going in that direction. And we have to do it fast.

We've got to get off oil. And it's possible. It'll take a dramatic shift in the way we think and how our infrastructure works, but we as Americans have proven time and again that we can tackle change head on. Yeah, it's a challenge, but it doesn't have to be a painful one. We just have to recalibrate our thinking on the subject.

Now we've got to accelerate the transition away from dirty energy. Rather than subsidize the past, we should invest in the future - especially in communities that rely on fossil fuels. That's why I'm going to push to change the way we manage our oil and coal resources, so that they better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet.

We must move away from our dependency on fossil fuels, and I am glad that GM has invested over $1 billion in hydrogen fuel cells cars to meet this goal.

I'm a monomaniac with one goal: clean air from clean energy.

As we develop our energy policies in the United States to generate our energy clean, then I think we're going to really move to a world that all of us want, and that is a sustainable future.

Wind energy can and will play one of the most important roles in saving the world of tomorrow, today.

Clean energy isn't just good for the planet; it's good for consumers' monthly utility bills and for the economy.

I say that our economic future is in the new technology that will lead to more fuel efficient cars and cleaner energy.

As governor, I'll work to make New Mexico a national leader in clean energy by moving to renewable energies such as solar and wind and through innovative, smart policy and practices such as methane mitigation.

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

We have an opportunity to become a global leader in the clean energy industry, but we have to be smart and strategic about it.

Our wisest long-term investment is not in the dirty polluting fossil fuels from the past, but in the clean energy of the future.

Solar power, wind power, the way forward is to collaborate with nature - it's the only way we are going to get to the other end of the 21st century.

Instead of hazarding our future on the dirty fuels of the past, let's invest in clean power that can drive this country forward. Let's cut energy waste, make our economy the world's most efficient, and give our workers a leg up in the global marketplace.