Coleman L. Blease Quotes

Environmentalism is a dangerous ideology endangering human freedom.

The U.S. limits mercury, arsenic, and soot from power plants. Yet, astonishingly, there are no national limits on how much carbon pollution these plants can dump into our atmosphere.

This air we breathe is precious, and the glaciers helped me understand that and stay focused on that.

There are real and growing dangers to our simple and most precious possessions: the air we breathe, the water we bring, and the land which sustains us.... If we do not act, the world of the year 2000 will be much less able to sustain life than it is now.

The current challenge facing the environmental authorities is how to properly deal with the environmental problems caused by economic development.

We already have the statistics for the future: the growth percentages of pollution, overpopulation, desertification. The future is already in place.

We must act swiftly in order to halt the rate of decay our planet faces.

We're not going to persuade people in the developing world to go without, but neither can we afford a planet on which everyone lives like an American. Billions more people living in suburbs and driving SUVs to shopping malls is a recipe for planetary suicide. We can't even afford to continue that way of life ourselves.

Comprehensive climate legislation must be passed so that we can ensure a world where this and future generations can experience the bliss of breathing clean crisp air, while fishing in the Adirondacks... and being able to eat the fish afterwards.

If we pollute the air, water and soil that keep us alive and well, and destroy the biodiversity that allows natural systems to function, no amount of money will save us.

People realised this is real pollution; it is not fog. Now everyone has to face the data and come out of their comfort zone.

All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.

We need to remind ourselves that our ultimate goal is not to reduce greenhouse gases or global warming per se but to improve the quality of life and the environment. We all want to leave the planet in decent shape for our kids. Radically reducing greenhouse gas emissions is not necessarily the best way to achieve that.

The Rio Earth Summit in 1992 changed my life completely, turning me into an activist. From the air, you see things you can't see from the ground - you really understand the impact of man, even in a place you know well. My work is meant to convince people we can no longer live like this.

The environment issue is hydra-headed and complicated, but it is of immense importance that we understand how fast the world is changing.

Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.

Before computers, telephone lines and television connect us, we all share the same air, the same oceans, the same mountains and rivers. We are all equally responsible for protecting them.

This is Earth. Isn't it hot?

I think that I was slightly naive. I thought that if I showed people the beauty of the Arctic and the beauty of the polar bears that they would care so much that they would stand up and try to make a change.

We've got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?

Environmental disaster is the gravest threat to China's continued development. That's according to me, but it is not some wacko view.

I think the environmental problem will be the number one item on the agenda of the 21st century... This is a problem that cannot be postponed.

To be sure, governments will remain critical to any comprehensive effort to save our planet.

For the sake of our health, our children and grandchildren and even our economic well-being, we must make protecting the planet our top priority.

We are using resources as if we had two planets, not one. There can be no 'plan B' because there is no 'planet B.'