American - Environmentalist | March 13, 1941 - February 20, 2001
There is hardly a place on Earth where people do not log, pave, spray, drain, flood, graze, fish, plow, burn, drill, spill or dump. There is no life zone, with the possible exception of the deep ocean, that we are not degrading.
Donella Meadows
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Glaciers are almost gone from Glacier National Park.
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Everyone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the main activities that have sent the climate into bigger floods, droughts, hurricanes, and El Ninos.
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A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor.
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A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate.
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Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.
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George W. cares as much about climate change as you would expect from a Texas oilman.
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I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.
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In 1994 the U.S. Court of Appeals decided in the case of Oliver North to permit the release of grand jury evidence, because it had already been so thoroughly leaked.
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Once again I stopped listening to the news this week.
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Scientists worldwide agree that the reduction needed to stabilize the climate is actually more like 80 percent.
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The climate continues to deteriorate.
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