Carl Pope

“What we need is a system of subsidies and taxes that makes it more profitable to clean up the environment than to pollute it.”

“Solving the climate crisis is a massive economic opportunity, not a burden.”

“The first rule of holes: when you're in one, stop digging.”

“We have the technology to build a global economy that is not based on burning fossil fuels. The only question is whether we have the political will to do so.”

“Conservation is sometimes perceived as stopping everything cold, as holding whooping cranes in higher esteem than people. It is up to science to spread the understanding that the choice is not between wild places or people, it is between a rich life for humanity or a reduced existence for all.”

“The coal industry is a dead man walking. The only question is how long it takes for it to keel over.”

“The planet is not in peril. We are in peril. We are not protecting the planet. We are protecting ourselves.”

“You cannot have a healthy economy without a healthy environment.”

“The reality is that we are going to have to make a transition to a different energy system. The question is how fast and how smart.”

“Environmentalism is not a special interest. It is a universal interest.”

“The next great wave of innovation will be driven by the need to solve our environmental challenges.”

“We are the first generation to feel the sting of climate change, and we are the last generation that can do something about it.”