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Jeff Goodell Quotes

But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before them, their success depends on keeping Americans stupid Picture Quote #1

With nine degrees of warming, computer models project that Australia will look like a disaster movie. Habitats for most vertebrates will vanish. Water supply to the Murray-Darling Basin will fall by half, severely curtailing food production Picture Quote #1

You think the weather is weird now? Just wait. A new MIT study, just published in a peer-reviewed journal, projects that the Earth could see warming of more than 9 degrees F by 2100 - more than twice earlier projections Picture Quote #1

When it comes to global warming, coal is the gorilla in the room Picture Quote #1

Obama’s record on climate issues is not all bad Picture Quote #1

Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns Picture Quote #1

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Ethanol doesn’t burn cleaner than gasoline, nor is it cheaper Picture Quote #1

Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved? Picture Quote #1

One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the heat, it won’t jump out. Instead, it will enjoy the nice warm bath until it is cooked to death. We humans seem to be doing pretty much the same thing Picture Quote #1

In reality, studies show that investments to spur renewable energy and boost energy efficiency generate far more jobs than oil and coal Picture Quote #1

Bloomberg is famously impatient with beltway politics and believes that to get anything done you need to work from the ground up Picture Quote #1

Some studies have shown that natural gas could, in fact, be worse for the climate than coal Picture Quote #1

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$Americans don’t pay much attention to environmental issues, because they aren’t sexy. I mean, cleaning up coal plants and reining in outlaw frackers is hugely important work, but it doesn’t get anybody’s pulse racing Picture Quote #1$

From the industry’s point of view, the problem is not that coal companies blast the top off mountains, turning the area into a moonscape and polluting the air and releasing toxic chemical into what’s left of the local streams and aquifers. It’s that the people who live near the mines are too cozy with their cousins Picture Quote #1

Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn’t show some political courage, he may well be remembered as the president who cooked the planet Picture Quote #1

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But Big Oil and Big Coal have always been as skilled at propaganda as they are at mining and drilling. Like the tobacco industry before them, their success depends on keeping Americans stupid (Jeff Goodell Quotes) With nine degrees of warming, computer models project that Australia will look like a disaster movie. Habitats for most vertebrates will vanish. Water supply to the Murray-Darling Basin will fall by half, severely curtailing food production (Jeff Goodell Quotes) You think the weather is weird now? Just wait. A new MIT study, just published in a peer-reviewed journal, projects that the Earth could see warming of more than 9 degrees F by 2100 - more than twice earlier projections (Jeff Goodell Quotes) When it comes to global warming, coal is the gorilla in the room (Jeff Goodell Quotes) Obama’s record on climate issues is not all bad (Jeff Goodell Quotes) Nowhere has the political power of coal been more obvious than in presidential campaigns (Jeff Goodell Quotes) Ethanol doesn’t burn cleaner than gasoline, nor is it cheaper (Jeff Goodell Quotes) Have we failed to slow global warming pollution in part because climate and environmental activists have been too polite and well behaved? (Jeff Goodell Quotes) One of the big questions in the climate change debate: Are humans any smarter than frogs in a pot? If you put a frog in a pot and slowly turn up the heat, it won’t jump out. Instead, it will enjoy the nice warm bath until it is cooked to death. We humans seem to be doing pretty much the same thing (Jeff Goodell Quotes) In reality, studies show that investments to spur renewable energy and boost energy efficiency generate far more jobs than oil and coal (Jeff Goodell Quotes) Bloomberg is famously impatient with beltway politics and believes that to get anything done you need to work from the ground up (Jeff Goodell Quotes) Some studies have shown that natural gas could, in fact, be worse for the climate than coal (Jeff Goodell Quotes) Americans don’t pay much attention to environmental issues, because they aren’t sexy. I mean, cleaning up coal plants and reining in outlaw frackers is hugely important work, but it doesn’t get anybody’s pulse racing (Jeff Goodell Quotes) From the industry’s point of view, the problem is not that coal companies blast the top off mountains, turning the area into a moonscape and polluting the air and releasing toxic chemical into what’s left of the local streams and aquifers. It’s that the people who live near the mines are too cozy with their cousins (Jeff Goodell Quotes) Obama wants to be thought of as the president who freed us from foreign oil. But if he doesn’t show some political courage, he may well be remembered as the president who cooked the planet (Jeff Goodell Quotes)

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