Quotes About Sustainability

I don't understand the notion that modern farming is anything do to with nature. It's a pretty gross interference with nature.

I feel humiliated that I live in a country that demands more already. Why do we cling to the notion that not only must we maintain the current level of consumption, but that it must continue to grow by an exponential factor of 2 to 7 percent every year?

I believe that one of the saddest things in the world today is that some people don't have enough food to nourish themselves. It's the 21st century and that's really not acceptable, so if I could do something that would change that I would be really happy.

My real emphasis is on the farmers who are taking care of the land, the farmers who are really thinking about our nourishment.

A win in November is as important as a win in May.

As investments and as an energy source, fossil fuels have nowhere to go but down.

I hope nuclear becomes a part of the conversation, at the right time when we recognize the importance of that resource. I hope we can work that out as a country and figure out how we are going to put nuclear in the mix.

Building new nuclear is something that is going to take a lot of commitment, not only from our company but from the communities we serve. It is a five-to-seven-year journey to build one, and they are expensive.

I love nuclear.

If we're going to be serious about decarbonizing the bulk-power system, nuclear has to be part of the conversation.

We should be building more nuclear today.

We need nuclear energy now, and we will need it in the future.

Nuclear power is an important part of our domestic fuel mix.

For nuclear power to have a future, we'll either need more Yucca Mountains or a way to decrease the stuff we put there.

I would eat fruitcake if there'd been a nuclear war and I'd run out of canned goods.

One of the best things people could do for their descendents would be to sharply limit the number of them.

It is important to nurture any new ideas and initiatives which can make a difference for Africa.

Being from California, my parents are very eco-friendly and I feel like I've been nurtured by a tree-hugger family in a way.

When you're just focused on nutrition and hunger, that's a harder, harder lift in isolation.

You have to eat oatmeal or you'll dry up. Anybody knows that.

The mechanical food system externalizes a lot of costs like obesity or Type 2 diabetes.

I have nothing against diamonds, or rubies or emeralds or sapphires. I do object when their acquisition is complicit in the debasement of children or the destruction of a country.

Environment conservation without stagnating development is the objective of our government.

My job as energy and climate change secretary is to both power the country and protect the planet. Nuclear power delivers on both of these objectives.