Green Policies Quotes

I call upon governments to start supporting companies to use more sustainable materials in their products instead of continuing with antiquated incentives, such as import duties on synthetic materials that are in principle much higher compared with those placed on leather goods regardless of the environmental footprint.

Protecting the environment is just as important a priority as the economic imperatives.

Will the new environmental leaders fight for eco-equity in this new "green economy" they are birthing?

What is true environmentalism? I think it's environmental stewardship - not prohibition.

We need a completely different type of economy - one which is truly green, sustainable, and embeds the biggest issues of the day into its heart.

Politicians usually get the blame for dragging their feet on environmental issues. And fair enough. Most of them do just that. But the blame isn't theirs alone. For politicians afraid of losing votes, a bristling media waiting to transform good green ideas into monsters is a colossal disincentive.

In the future, officials will feel more pressure to protect the environment. But how to assess the officials' efforts to protect the environment is still a pivotal issue.

We always hear from newspapers that while people understand the environmental challenge, they are unwilling to stomach the solutions. The trouble is, we only ever hear about the solutions from the media, and for whatever reason, they are almost always caricatured beyond recognition. If there's no appetite for green, it's not surprising.

We need to be rid of the insane policy of environmentalism. No more 'green', anti-growth, anti-science environmental policy.

For decades, NRDC has created and supported policies that will ultimately end our reliance on fossil fuels.

I sense very little appetite for green efforts to persuade people to accept a frozen or declining standard of living for the sake of the environment. Recessions remind us that economic retreat or stagnation is painful, whatever the goal.

If we're concerned about climate change as a country, we should have policies that make sure our great-grandchildren have a planet that's healthy and strong.

The concept of 'green jobs' or a 'green economy' is often attacked as the work of the Grimm Brothers by those wedded to the grim science of free-market economics.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

The most staggering linguistic turnabout for me is the one that equates green economy with 'sustained economic growth.'

We need to fashion policies with proper incentives to reduce the amount of carbon we are putting in the atmosphere.

With the economy and the environment situated as two pillars of the country's growth, my administration will make the utmost effort to achieve a green society.

Canada stands out as making a sensible and positive contribution to the world. I'm saying that maybe because of its inclination toward multilateralism. Support for the environmental protection cause. It's relationship between people and nature.

Americans want to reduce our dependence on oil. And Americans really don't wanna be contributing global warming if they can help it.

Brazil's commitment to sustainable development is a deep-rooted one. It permeates our public policies and our actions abroad.

We fought hard for green taxes and won.