John Kerry

We had agreement. And I reached a point where BP, Shell, Chevron, ExxonMobil...had all agreed to accept a price on carbon.

We do not want to lose the momentum, and by having a President who, frankly, has pulled out of Paris and not offered leadership, we are losing that momentum.

For the first time in history, more money went into alternative and sustainable fuel than fossil fuel.

We had each country joining to design a plan because the theory was that if 195 or 196 countries came together, all of them simultaneously agreeing to lower emissions and move in the same direction, the signal to the marketplace would be…

In the end, though, we need a net low-/no-carbon economy, and we have got to begin moving toward that.

Well, first of all, I think it would be very exciting. I think that would be our moon shot, so to speak.

Shell believes that it is happening.

So as long as we do nothing, Congresswoman, we are complicit in our acts of omission and commission of what we are doing to choose for our energy, et cetera.

No country in the world is doing enough to be able to help the world meet the goal of holding the Earth's temperature rise to two degrees Centigrade.

If I am wrong, Al Gore is wrong, all of those ministers and presidents are wrong, and every country that joined this... the worst thing that will happen is we have cleaner air, we are healthier, we have less cancer, less pollution.

One hundred and ninety-six countries came together, their presidents, their prime ministers, their finance ministers, their environment ministers, all of them came to an agreement that this is happening and that we have to move.

Why after 20 years of consensus, Republican and Democrat alike, why after generals and admirals... should we have a secret effort within the White House?

I did not avoid the question. I said there are many ways to pay for it.

I am calling this committee that he is putting together a 'kangaroo committee.'

Instead of convening a kangaroo court, the President might want to talk with the educated adults he once trusted to fill his top national security positions.

Yes, but here is the problem.

Rather than cut them off, we should be increasing our effort to assist them.

We have got to stop and ask ourselves why that is true.

There was an article, I think in--I think it was the New York Times had an article the other day about what is happening in Honduras where climate change is now impacting what can be grown at certain altitudes and what is happening, and…

Ninety-seven percent, or I think most scientists agree that CO2 is now being added at a rate that is having a profound impact on climate change.

But they do not disagree on the fundamental contribution of human beings to what is happening today.

The truth is that what is happening is there is anthropogenic major contribution, which all of the 97 percent of the scientists have agreed on mankind is contributing to and making the increase.

The market is making the decision right now, and coal has never, in fact, included the genuine costs

Clearly, we do not. We have a balance, in fact, against them.

The science is telling us it is happening.