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"We see neither justice nor injustice which does not change its nature with change in climate. Three degrees of latitude reverse all jurisprudence; a meridian decides the truth."
"Climate change is severely impacting the health of our planet and all of its inhabitants, and we must transition to a clean energy economy that does not rely on fossil fuels."
"Climate change is part of the normal order of things, and we know it was happening before humans came."
"You are part of the first generation of officers to begin your service in a world where the effects of climate change are so clearly upon us. Climate change will shape how every one of our services plan, operate, train, equip, and protect their infrastructure, today and for the long-term."
"There are folks who will equivocate. They'll say, 'You know, I'm not a scientist.' Well, I'm not either. But the best scientists in the world know that climate change is happening."
"If there's one thing I would like to see, it'd be for us to be able to price the cost of carbon emissions."
"The biggest threat, when it comes to climate change and pollution, isn't going to come from us because we only have 300 million people. It's going to come from China with over 1 billion people and India with over 1 billion people."
"But poverty, though it does not prevent the generation, is extremely unfavourable to the rearing of children. The tender plant is produced, but in so cold a soil, and so severe a climate, soon withers and dies."
"Disinformation about the state of climate change science is extraordinarily if not criminally irresponsible."
"I'm going to be focused on doing everything I possibly can to help solve the climate crisis."
"When it comes to climate, we can all make a big difference. At the most basic level, don't let denial go unchallenged and win the conversation on climate."
"There are many who would much prefer that the word 'climate' never be mentioned and that the issue be eliminated from our national conversation."
"The ability of big money to shape perceptions - where you have four anti-climate lobbyists for every single member of the House and Senate - is a big factor."
"There's no such thing as clean coal. It's non-existent. Theoretically, it might be possible, many years from now, to come up with a way to clean it as it's burnt. But there's not a single demonstration project in the United States. [...] Clean coal doesn't exist."
"You need to really scrub your investment portfolios, because I guarantee you, many of you are going to find them chock-full of subprime carbon assets."
"The climate crisis requires a bottom-up, grassroots demand for solutions because the elites in many parts of the world are under the influence of old industry."
"The oil industry has outpaced the building of a public consensus of the implications of climate science."
"The United States is the only nation that can lead the world toward a solution on climate change."
"The truth is that climate change is presenting the greatest challenge humanity has ever faced."
"Although I have a variety of obligations, the climate crisis is my central concern."
