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The struggle against poverty in the world and the challenge of cutting wealthy country emissions all has a single, very simple solution... Here it is: Put a price on carbon.

~Al Gore

Topics: Against Carbon Challenge Country Cutting Emissions Here Poverty Price Put Simple Single Solution Struggle Very Wealthy World

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Cities generate most of the global economy, and most of its energy use, resource demands and climate emissions. How we build cities over the next decades will largely determine whether we can deliver a bright green future.

~Alex Steffen

Topics: Bright Build Cities Climate Decades Deliver Demands Determine Economy Emissions Energy Future Generate Global Global Economy Green How Largely Most Next Over Resource Use Whether Will

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By fundamentally changing how we design the places and systems that enable our daily lives, we can slash emissions way beyond the immediate carbon savings - because our own personal emissions are just the tip of a vast iceberg of energy and resources consumed far from our view.

~Alex Steffen

Topics: Because Beyond Carbon Changing Consumed Daily Daily Lives Design Emissions Enable Energy Far Fundamentally How Iceberg Immediate Just Lives Our Own Personal Places Resources Savings Slash Systems Tip Vast View Way

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Carbon zero simply means that the emissions you are releasing either are zero or balance out to zero.

~Alex Steffen

Topics: Balance Carbon Either Emissions Means Out Releasing Simply You Zero

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There's a lot of evidence that shows that if we push as hard as we need to for net-zero emissions, we'll find ourselves with cities that are more secure, healthier, and have more economic opportunity - are frankly better cities to live in - than if we settle for the status quo.

~Alex Steffen

Topics: Better Cities Economic Emissions Evidence Find Frankly Hard Healthier Live Lot More Need Opportunity Ourselves Push Quo Secure Settle Shows Status Status Quo Than

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Working together, we can meet our shared goal to combat climate change. From harmonizing vehicle emissions standards to using our trading relationship to boost investment in clean energy, the actions the United States and Canada take together will help both nations meet international goals.

~Amy Klobuchar

Topics: Actions Boost Both Canada Change Clean Clean Energy Climate Climate Change Combat Emissions Energy Goal Goals Help International Investment Meet Nations Our Relationship Shared Standards States Take Together Trading United United States Using Vehicle Will Working Working Together

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We have to ensure politically that what's doable can indeed by translated into law, but what's not doable mustn't become European law. Otherwise, the auto industry will work somewhere with higher carbon emissions - and we can't want that.

~Angela Merkel

Topics: Auto Auto Industry Become Carbon Emissions Ensure European Higher Indeed Industry Law Otherwise Politically Somewhere Translated Want Will Work

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I believe those that produce the least emissions in autos will also be those who have the greatest success worldwide.

~Angela Merkel

Topics: Also Believe Emissions Greatest Least Produce Success Those Who Will Worldwide I Believe

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The methods that EPA introduced after 1970 to reduce air-pollutant emissions worked for a while, but over time have become progressively less effective.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: After Become Effective Emissions Introduced Less Methods Over Reduce Time While Worked

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It is simply economically impossible to require controls that even approach zero emissions.

~Barry Commoner

Topics: Approach Controls Economically Emissions Even Impossible Require Simply Zero

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