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I was really overwhelmed by the amount of roles that I got offered that were carbon copies of what I did in 'Up in the Air.' I got every offer for every ambitious, unfeeling practically robotic character.

~Anna Kendrick

Topics: Air Ambitious Amount Carbon Character Copies Did Every Got Offer Offered Overwhelmed Practically Really Robotic Roles Up Were

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Humans have obviously contributed a great deal of carbon to the atmosphere. So we are warming the planet up.

~Annalee Newitz

Topics: Atmosphere Carbon Deal Great Great Deal Humans Obviously Planet Up Warming

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Cities might become biological entities, walls hung with curtains of algae that glow at night and sequester carbon, and floors made from tweaked cellular material that strengthens like bones as we walk on it.

~Annalee Newitz

Topics: Become Biological Bones Carbon Cities Curtains Entities Floors Glow Hung Like Made Material Might Night Strengthens Walk Walls

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I'm interested in humor, and greeting cards just happen to be a perfect medium for my message. They're accessible to everyone, and thanks to all the advances that have been made by environmentally conscientious printers, I can get my message across while keeping my carbon footprint relatively small.

~Anne Taintor

Topics: Accessible Across Advances Been Carbon Cards Conscientious Environmentally Everyone Footprint Get Greeting Happen Humor Interested Just Keeping Made Medium Message Perfect Relatively Small Thanks While I Can

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My faith in the economic potential of the low carbon economy is not an untested prediction.

~Anthony Pratt

Topics: Carbon Economic Economy Faith Low Potential Prediction

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What you do by having an income tax rate reduction across the board, you really provide great incentives for people to work, produce, and increase output. So I would support a carbon tax in replacement for a progressive income tax.

~Arthur Laffer

Topics: Across Board Carbon Great Having Incentives Income Income Tax Increase Output People Produce Progressive Provide Rate Really Reduction Replacement Support Tax Tax Rate Work Would You

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I'm worried about economic growth in the United States. And the creation of jobs, output, and employment. And if you tax people who work, you're going to get less people working. And what the carbon tax would do is remove the tax from people who work and put it on a product in the ground.

~Arthur Laffer

Topics: About Carbon Creation Economic Economic Growth Employment Get Going Ground Growth Jobs Less Output People Product Put Remove States Tax United United States Who Work Working Worried Would You

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A carbon tax by itself would make driving more expensive, that's very true. But in exchange for that, there are going to be more jobs, more output, more employment, and more products available. So really, as long as you're going to collect the revenues you're going to collect, you're going to have to trade off one tax for the other.

~Arthur Laffer

Topics: Available Carbon Collect Driving Employment Exchange Expensive Going Itself Jobs Long Make More Off Other Output Products Really Revenues Tax Trade True Very Would You

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Many years ago it was taught that plants and animals were composed of different materials: plants, of a chemical substance of three elements,- carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen; animals of one of four elements, nitrogen being added to the other three.

~Asa Gray

Topics: Added Animals Being Carbon Chemical Composed Different Elements Four Hydrogen Many Materials Other Oxygen Plants Plants And Animals Substance Taught Three Were Years Years Ago

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Cities can be the engine of social equity and economic opportunity. They can help us reduce our carbon footprint and protect the global environment. That is why it is so important that we work together to build the capacity of mayors and all those concerned in planning and running sustainable cities.

~Ban Ki-Moon

Topics: Build Capacity Carbon Cities Concerned Economic Engine Environment Equity Footprint Global Help Important Mayors Opportunity Our Planning Protect Reduce Running Social Sustainable Those Together Us Why Work Work Together

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