• "I align myself with almost all researchers in assuming that anything we do is a composite of whatever genetic limitations were given to us by our parents and whatever kinds of environmental opportunities are available." - Howard Gardner Tweet
• "Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile." - David Suzuki Tweet
• "The most important environmental issue is one that is rarely mentioned, and that is the lack of a conservation ethic in our culture." - Gaylord Nelson Tweet
• "Furthermore, both Pennsylvania and New Jersey Departments of Environmental Protection have evaluated the sediment to be dredged and also found it to be not toxic." - Robert Brady Tweet
• "Of the 55 refineries closed in America in the last 10 years, they were all closed for economic reasons, mostly oil company mergers. Not a single one was closed for environmental purposes or objections." - Peter DeFazio Tweet
• "I assume we will have figured out a way to efficiently utilize solar energy and tied that to an efficient way to use nuclear energy in such a way that it doesn't pose a serious environmental issue." - John Hickenlooper Tweet
• "Environmental concern is a little like dieting or paying off credit-card debt - an episodically terrific idea that burns brightly and then seems to fade when we realize there's a reason we need to diet or pay down our debt. The reason is that it's really, really hard, and too many of us in too many spheres of life choose the easy over the hard." - Jon Meacham Tweet
• "In a few decades, the relationship between the environment, resources and conflict may seem almost as obvious as the connection we see today between human rights, democracy and peace." - Wangari Maathai Tweet
• "People blame their environment. There is only one person to blame - and only one - themselves." - Robert Collier Tweet
• "Americans don't pay much attention to environmental issues, because they aren't sexy. I mean, cleaning up coal plants and reining in outlaw frackers is hugely important work, but it doesn't get anybody's pulse racing." - Jeff Goodell Tweet