Christopher Dodd Quotes

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

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

Good environmental policy is good economic policy.

I have never believed we had to choose between either a clean and safe environment or a growing economy. Protecting the health and safety of all Americans doesn’t have to come at the expense of our economy’s bottom line. And creating thriving companies and new jobs doesn’t have to come at the expense of the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, or the natural landscape in which we live. We can, and indeed must, have both.

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.

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

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

… work [jobs] and the environment should not be played off against each other.

We, as a country, have always used innovative technology to advance environmental stewardship, reduction of those pollutants, but also grown our economy at the same time.

We can be about jobs and growth and be good stewards of our environment.

After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital.

I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.

Indeed, the economy and the environment need not be seen in opposition.

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 can be pro-growth, pro-jobs, and pro-environment.

We're saying environmental stewardship and jobs in the economy. We can do both together.

We should not have to choose between supporting jobs and supporting the environment.

There is an old belief that solving environmental problems can only be achieved by first building enough economic wealth so we can 'afford to save the environment.' This 'Kuznets Curve' thinking has never been correct and must be abandoned once and for all if we are serious about economic development for a thriving humanity on Earth.

By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.

I believe we should reframe our response to climate change as an imperative for growth rather than merely being a way of being green or meeting environmental commitments.

In time, we will have to recognise that it is not 'nature' that we need to protect, but ourselves, and we can only do this by abandoning the old, grandiose, profit-seeking schemes so beloved of our masters and learning to till the soil, live to scale, and live within our means.

A sustainable world means working together to create prosperity for all.

Green-tech could be the largest economic opportunity of the 21st Century.

So-called 'sustainable development'... is meaningless drivel.

My role is not to choose between safeguarding the economy and protecting the environment - it's about doing both.