Eric Schaeffer Quotations

Ultimately, the bill may rest on a shaky premise, as Clean Air Act permitting provisions seem to have only a marginal effect on decisions by oil companies to invest in new refining capacity, ... Industry and government analysts alike agree that profit margins are the most significant factor, and record profits from high gasoline prices have encouraged a major investment in added refining capacity. Projects already reported or announced are expected to add nearly 600,000 b/d to our existing capacity over the next several years.

With today's technology, a new refinery could be really clean - far cleaner than today's refineries - in theory.

Our basic concern is that if the Maryland legislation passes, it's locked in, we know what we are getting. If we go down the rule-making road, there's some uncertainty. We don't know what's going to come out the other end.

Starved ... laughter is the best medicine. I know from my recovery in all areas of addiction that humor is a tremendously, tremendously important antidote to recovery.

At the core of my show is a human and compassionate spirit.

This is a tough vote and he buckled, ... I know he's made some tough votes before. It's hard to take one vote and make it his whole record.

There isn't a single scrubber in the state of Maryland. What Maryland has done is buy pollution credits from out-of-state plants that have cleaned up.

There isn't a single scrubber in the state of Maryland.

Congress has failed to act to shore up wetlands protections after the Supreme Court decision. And as bad as the Supreme Court decision was, the Army Corps has made it worse by going further than the opinion required.

I have to write from my experience. If I wasn't a member of the club, I don't think it would be as funny, or that I would feel as authorized to look at it with humor.

Hopefully, what comes through is that it's certainly about much more than eating disorders. It's about four people battling the challenges of humanity the excitement, the successes, the pathos, the struggles with finding love and spirituality and careers that work.

The environment really doesn't care about hourly releases. What matters is the total increase, how much (pollution) you're bringing into an . . . area.