Bill McKibben Quotes & Sayings
14 most famous Bill McKibben quotes and sayings (environmentalist). These are the first 10 quotes we have.
“There is an urgent need to stop subsidizing the fossil fuel industry, dramatically reduce wasted energy, and significantly shift our power supplies from oil, coal, and natural gas to wind, solar, geothermal, and other renewable energy sources.”
“In reality, climate change is actually the biggest thing that's going on every single day.”
“Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy companies.”
“The roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When I'm home, I'm a pretty green fellow.”
“When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic.”
“A spiritual voice is urgently needed to underline the fact that global warming is already causing human anguish and mortality in our nation and abroad, and much more will occur in the future without rapid action.”
“If the movie had ended in Hollywood fashion, the Copenhagen climate conference in 2009 would have marked the culmination of the global fight to slow a changing climate.”
“If you told Exxon or Lukoil that, in order to avoid wrecking the climate, they couldn't pump out their reserves, the value of their companies would plummet.”
“Our criteria is that it's okay to invest in companies so long as they stop lobbying in Washington, stop exploring for new hydrocarbons, and sit down with every one else to plan to keep 80 percent of the reserves in the ground.”
“Pity the poor senator or representative trying to stay alive in the political jungle. At every turn, there's a danger: a constituent who actually wants something done. Or worse, a campaign donor who might be offended by that something.”
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