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Environmental Protection Quotes

Lines on policy, agencies, and the balance behind protecting land.

These quotes discuss environmental protection through a policy lens: government departments implementing climate action plans, agencies enforcing standards against polluters, and the tension between environmental priorities and jobs or taxes. See Energy quotes for related policy themes.

In the end, I think the majority of Romanian society will understand that if we respect environmental protection standards, if we have benefits in taxes, royalties, jobs, we should do what all the modern countries in Europe and beyond are...

Quotes by Victor Ponta

The Environmental Protection Agency rarely follows up prosecuting coal companies and their fellow polluters, even when the evidence is clear-cut that they are dumping and poisoning entire towns near their projects, and the state regulators are even worse.

Quotes by Suzy Shuster

You name it - it is something every day from the Environmental Protection Agency, and every group I talk to is the same message: 'Please stop them. Please stop.'

Quotes by Stephen Fincher

There is a reason and a need to have an Environmental Protection Agency.

Quotes by Scott Pruitt

Action Quotes

You begin to see that all of these things are connected: The kind of cuts that mean less environmental protection are also the kind of cuts that mean less musical education for the schools and that also mean more overcrowded...

Quotes by Robert Hass

Furthermore, both Pennsylvania and New Jersey Departments of Environmental Protection have evaluated the sediment to be dredged and also found it to be not toxic.

Quotes by Robert Brady

Just as there's garbage that pollutes the Potomac river, there is garbage polluting our culture. We need an Environmental Protection Agency to clean it up.

Quotes by Pat Buchanan

Under the Environmental Protection Agency's Energy Star Program, homes are independently verified to be measurably more energy efficient than average houses.

Quotes by Melissa Bean

It would be a mistake to believe that environmental protection and economic growth are mutually exclusive.

Quotes by Khalid A. Al-Falih

Agreements Quotes

As governor, I will work to ensure the Department of Environmental Protection issues the Climate Action Plan and will seek to implement the plan's recommendations.

Quotes by Katie McGinty

I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to...

Quotes by Judd Gregg

Despite Arizona's remarkable growth in recent years, we have met the current federal health standards for ozone pollution and the Environmental Protection Agency recently approved our dust control plan.

Quotes by Jane D. Hull

While trade agreements are negotiated in secrecy, behind-closed doors, we have learned enough from leaks to know that the result of passing TPA to 'fast track' these trade agreements would affect everything from food safety to environmental protection to consumer...

Quotes by Jan Schakowsky

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

Quotes by Henry Paulson

Always Quotes

At least three studies, in the U.S., Canada and Sweden, have linked glyphosate exposure to the disease, and in 2015, the World Health Organization's International Agency for Research on Cancer found glyphosate to be a 'probable' cause of cancer in...

Quotes by Erin Brockovich

Our district is home to the Adirondacks, and we know firsthand that clean energy development and environmental protection are critical to our economy.

Quotes by Elise Stefanik

California has always led the way on environmental protection and always reaped the benefits, pioneering everything from catalytic convertors on cars to stationary source reduction.

Quotes by Ed Begley, Jr.

It's Nixon who created the Environmental Protection Agency. Clean Air and Water Acts. Endangered Species Act. Promoted affirmative action. One could go on and on with Nixon as a New Deal liberal on domestic policy and a hawk, but one...

Quotes by Douglas Brinkley

Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.

Quotes by David Suzuki

Energy Quotes

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

Quotes by Christopher Dodd

Frequently Asked Questions

What do these environmental protection quotes address?
They cover government agencies enforcing environmental standards, a governor's commitment to implementing a Climate Action Plan, and the balance between environmental priorities and other budget considerations like jobs and taxes.
Why do people search for environmental protection quotes?
People look for these quotes when discussing policy debates, agency accountability, or the broader tension between economic growth and ecological standards, often wanting a concise framing of a complex issue.
Is there a quote about a specific agency?
Yes, one quote discusses the Environmental Protection Agency and criticizes it for rarely following up on prosecuting coal companies even when evidence of pollution near communities is described as clear-cut.
Do the quotes take a particular political stance?
No, the quotes come from different speakers with different priorities and are presented here without favoring one political position over another.
Is there a quote balancing jobs and environmental standards?
Yes, one quote discusses respecting environmental protection standards alongside benefits in taxes, royalties, and jobs, suggesting these considerations are weighed together rather than treated separately. See Agreements quotes for related policy content.

Presented here without taking a political side, these quotes reflect a range of views on how environmental protection intersects with economics and enforcement. Continue with Action quotes for more on policy in motion.