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Bill McKibben Quotes

American - Environmentalist | December 8, 1960 -

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.

Power Wind Energy Stop Oil Solar

In reality, climate change is actually the biggest thing that's going on every single day.

Change Day Reality Climate Change

The roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When I'm home, I'm a pretty green fellow.

Home Green House Solar Roof Pretty

When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic.

Think Global Warming Economic Global

The popular notion is that Americans are addicted to fossil fuels, but I find that's not true; most people would be happy to power their lives with anything else.

Power Happy People Be Happy Find

We can't bankrupt Exxon. But we can politically and morally bankrupt them.

Morally Them Bankrupt Politically

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.

Future Spiritual Action Voice Will

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.

Fight Fashion Slow Hollywood Global

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.

Value You Out Order Avoid Pump

We build schools and give government loans and grants to college kids; for those of us who are parents, tuition will often be the last big subsidy we give the children we've raised.

Children Government Parents College

Most of the men and women who vote in Congress each year to continue subsidies have taken campaign donations from big energy companies.

Women Men Energy Year Congress Vote

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.

Political Trying Jungle Alive Done

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