Environmental Quotations | Page 6

The prime minister came into office with many opportunities to show environmental leadership, but despite all of his passionate speeches ... when the chips are down he has often jumped the wrong way.

The favorite statistic is that the U.S. contains 6 to 7% of the world population but consumes more than half the world's resources and is responsible for that fraction of the total environmental pollution. But this statistic hides another vital fact: that not everyone in the U.S. is so affluent.

In general, any productive activity which introduces substances foreign to the natural environment runs a considerable risk of polluting it.

The environmental crisis is a signal of this approaching catastrophe.

Environmental pollution is an incurable disease. It can only be prevented.

The environmental crisis is somber evidence of an insidious fraud hidden in the vaunted productivity and wealth of modern, technology-based society. This wealth has been gained by rapid short-term exploitation of the environmental system, but it has blindly accumulated a debt to nature-a debt so large and so pervasive that in the next generation it may, if unpaid, wipe out most of the wealth it has gained us.

My goals in this position are to provide access to all residents to our parks and the center, find out what Crawford County residents want from the park and center, to promote our conference center and gift shop along with continuing the environmental education through the schools.

China's environmental problems will be four or five times as bad 15 years from now if it continues in current energy consumption and pollution trends.

China's environmental conundrums will not be solved by changes within government alone. New mechanisms are needed to allow the communities which may be affected by a given plan, and citizens concerned about the environment, to join in.

China's development has entered a stage with high environmental risks. To meet them has become one of the gravest challenges for the ruling party.