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Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Among Associated Benefits Care Care Costs Change Climate Climate Change Combat Costs Doing Economy Energy Health Health Care Health Care Costs Measures Numerous Other Pollution Reducing Renewable Renewable Energy Shifting Strengthening

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There are more humans than all of the rabbits on earth. There are more of us than all the wildebeests, than all the rats, than all the mice. We are the most numerous mammal on the planet. But because we're not like rabbits or rats or mice, we have technology, we have a consumptive appetite, we have a global economy.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Appetite Because Earth Economy Global Global Economy Humans Like Mice More Most Numerous Planet Rabbits Rats Technology Than Us

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You would have thought that our first priority would be to ask what the ecologists are finding out, because we have to live within the conditions and principles they define. Instead, we've elevated the economy above ecology.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Above Ask Because Conditions Define Ecology Economy Elevated Finding First Instead Live Our Out Principles Priority Thought Within Would You

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Over and over, the economy has determined the extent of our response, but how much value does it place on breathable air, drinkable water, edible food and stable weather and climate? Surely the economy is the means to a better future, not an end in itself. Surely it must be subordinate to a rich, diverse ecosphere that sustains all life.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Air Better Better Future Climate Determined Diverse Does Economy End Extent Food Future How How Much Itself Life Means Much Must Our Over Place Response Rich Stable Subordinate Surely Sustains Value Water Weather

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Conserving energy and thus saving money, reducing consumption of unnecessary products and packaging and shifting to a clean-energy economy would likely hurt the bottom line of polluting industries, but would undoubtedly have positive effects for most of us.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Bottom Bottom Line Consumption Economy Effects Energy Hurt Industries Likely Line Money Most Packaging Polluting Positive Products Reducing Saving Saving Money Shifting Thus Undoubtedly Unnecessary Us Would

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

~David Suzuki

Topics: Dollars Economy Environmental Environmental Protection Fragile Hear Our Over Politicians Protection Say Spend Tax

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Some argue we should get coal, oil and gas out of the ground as quickly as possible, build more pipelines and make as much money as we can selling it here and abroad. Their priorities are the economy and meeting short-term energy needs so we can live the lives to which we've become accustomed.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Abroad Accustomed Argue As Much Money Become Build Coal Economy Energy Gas Get Ground Here Live Lives Make Meeting Money More Much Needs Oil Out Possible Priorities Quickly Selling Short-Term Should Some Which

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The true - the true economy has got to come back into balance with the very biosphere that sustains us. And I think a lot of people just see the green economy as a different way of allowing the corporate agenda to continue to flourish.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Agenda Allowing Back Balance Come Continue Corporate Different Different Way Economy Flourish Got Green Just Lot People See Sustains Think True Us Very Way I Think

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This is suicidal... our home is the biosphere. That's a very thin layer of air, water and land where all life exists. It's fixed, it can't grow, and yet we cling to this idea that the economy can grow forever. And it must. Well, it can't.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Air Cling Economy Exists Fixed Forever Grow Home Idea Land Layer Life Must Our Suicidal Thin Very Water Well Where

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Scientists and supercomputers have amplified our ability to look ahead. For decades, experts have warned us that human numbers, technology, hyper-consumption and a global economy are altering the chemical, geological, and biological properties of the biosphere.

~David Suzuki

Topics: Ability Altering Amplified Biological Chemical Decades Economy Experts Geological Global Global Economy Human Look Numbers Our Properties Scientists Technology Us Warned Ahead

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