Facebook, as important as it is and as valuable as it could be, is like the chemical companies in the 1950s when they used to pour mercury into fresh water and spew toxic chemicals into the atmosphere. – Roger McNamee
Our planet is warming due to pollution from human activities. And a warming climate increases the likelihood of extreme weather. – Gloria Reuben
There is no threshold level of fine particle pollution below which health risk reductions are not achieved by reduced exposure. – Gina McCarthy
When discussing overall impacts on employment, it is important not to overlook the new technologies and industries that can be driven by pollution control standards. – Gina McCarthy
So much of the habitat destruction and pollution is based on the simple principle that we somehow have been given free license over other species to degrade the planet. – Greg Graffin
Because cap and trade is enforced through the selling and trading of permits, it actually perpetuates the pollution it is supposed to eliminate. – James Hansen
I don’t want to wait 20 or 50 years for something to be done about petrochemical pollution. – Jack Herer
When all is said and done, cheap gas is an illusion, because our reliance on gas creates a whole series of costs that aren’t factored in to the pump price – among them congestion, pollution, and increased risk of accidents. – James Surowiecki
There are systems called zero discharge emission systems that would prevent any pollution from making it into the water or the air. – Charles Duhigg
During the Cold War, workers proudly contributed to national defense, but the carelessness and haste in handling toxic waste created a nightmare of pollution for subsequent generations. – Bobbie Ann Mason
What they are doing is taking something that otherwise creates pollution and turning it into something useful. – Barbara Lee
Many environmental advocates argue that agricultural pollution will be reduced only through stronger federal laws. – Charles Duhigg
There is a societal cost of increased pollution, and that’s what I’m passionate about as a mother. – Cate Blanchett
It is often difficult to definitively link a specific instance of disease to one particular cause, like water pollution. Even when tests show that drinking water is polluted, it can be hard to pinpoint the source of the contamination. – Charles Duhigg
The environment will continue to deteriorate until pollution practices are abandoned. – B. F. Skinner
Carpooling is important for urban density, air pollution and other reasons, but carpooling is not the kind of thing that actually changes the energy equation. – Clay Shirky
Must we wait for selection to solve the problems of overpopulation, exhaustion of resources, pollution of the environment and a nuclear holocaust, or can we take explicit steps to make our future more secure? In the latter case, must we not transcend selection? – B. F. Skinner
Seen that way, the wholesale transformation of production technologies that is mandated by pollution prevention creates a new surge of economic development. – Barry Commoner
The strongest governments on earth cannot clean up pollution by themselves. They must rely on each ordinary person, like you and me, on our choices, and on our will. – Chai Jing
Indeed, our particular concept of private property, which deters us from exhausting the positive resources of the earth, favors pollution. – Garrett Hardin
Placing limits on carbon pollution from power plants is about ensuring that we have clean air to breathe and communities that are safe to live in. Carbon pollution limits are about defending families who have borne the heaviest burden of the main pollutant that is driving climate change. – Donna Brazile
Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps’ pollution. No refuge could save the hireling and slave from the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave. – Francis Scott Key
I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control. – Gale Norton
Pollution from oil and gas development, toxic runoff, and miles and miles of plastic trash foul the waters and threaten marine life. – Frances Beinecke
Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil. – Frances Beinecke
Though many corporations honor commitments to reduce dangerous pollution, some cut corners and cheat. The marketplace doesn’t always have mechanisms to correct bad actors. – Frances Beinecke
I’m a fervent foe of water pollution, whether it is our own Hudson River or Philadelphia’s tap water. – Gore Vidal
Americans are worried about pollution – oil trains running through their towns, fracking in their neighborhoods, coal dust in their air. They’re worried about what the future will look like for their children if carbon pollution continues unchecked. – Frances Beinecke
Safer chemicals and more energy-efficient technologies can provide cooling without severe climate implications. Shifting to these alternatives could avoid the equivalent of 12 times the current annual carbon pollution of the United States by 2050. – Frances Beinecke
