Cathy McMorris Rodgers Quotes

Though dams and artificial lakes can have significant negative environmental impacts, when carefully considered, mitigated, and managed, the benefits of hydropower often outweigh these costs.

Energy is an eternal delight, and he who desires, but acts not, breeds pestilence.

We have six-and-a-half-billion people on the planet, going rapidly towards seven. We're going to need a lot of inventiveness about how we use water and grow crops.

In California, there are huge problems because of dams. I'm against big dams, per se, because I think that they are economically unfeasible. They're ecologically unsustainable. And they're hugely undemocratic.

The Pacific Northwest depends on inexpensive renewable energy from our dams.

Environmental groups are not completely against dams. We approve of appropriate development.

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

Conservation must become before recreation.

If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the next decade.

I consider myself fundamentally more of an environmentalist than many of the environmental groups. We have to come up with new sources of food, new sources of water, new sources of energy. Trying to ignore leading-edge science and technology as a means of getting there is an ostrich approach of burying your head in the sand.

Conservation’s grand challenge is to save nature in a world that will soon have 9 billion hungry, thirsty, energy-using people.

The Columbia River Basin, which spans seven states in the Pacific Northwest, is one of the largest freshwater networks in North America. For centuries, the Basin has been a catalyst for economic development through the abundance of natural resources it provides.

And by reducing carbon pollution in our atmosphere, we are protecting our air, water, mountains, forests, deserts, valleys, coasts and rivers - the astounding natural ecosystems that support all life and make Oregon the special place we call home.

It's for us to take care of the air we breathe and the water we drink. And I do believe we have an impact on that, and we do have the ability to change it if we make the decision to.

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 need a balanced, long term energy policy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and preserve the beauty of the land we love.

A proper respect for nature means that you can't pollute the air, poison the rivers and chop down the forests indiscriminately without suffering greatly.

In particular, the emerging call from our nation's evangelicals to protect God's creation is substantial.

I feel that we have a responsibility to try to do everything we can to protect species, and the best way to do that is to uphold international conservation law.

It's a war, I think, to save the planet, really, from ourselves.

The environmental movement doesn't have many deserters and has a high level of recruitment. Eventually, there will be open war.

We all recognize that in recent decades, many important achievements have helped create a cleaner, healthier environment, yet our national needs in environmental health are not being fully met.

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.

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

We need to forge a whole new energy and American Dream.