Al Gore

I do think it's objectively true that our country is the only country in the world that can really lead the global community.

The problem is, the exceptions can kill you, and this is one of them.

If it did expand dramatically, we would run out of fuel in relatively short order, unless we went to reprocessing.

I have grown skeptical about the degree to which it will expand. I'm not opposed to it...

I certainly believe that the simplest and easiest way to solve this problem would be a CO2 tax that is 100 percent refundable.

One way to deal with the flows of immigration into Europe from northern Africa... is to create more economic opportunity there.

The two areas of the world that have most wanted soil carbon included in the treaty are U.S. farmers and the Continent of Africa.

I think that Senator Lugar's advocacy of funds for adaptation to those unavoidable consequences already programmed into the climate system represents one destination for the global cap-and-trade system.

President Lula's proposal is to stop thoughtless destruction of valuable areas of rainforest.

The efficacy of a cap-and-trade system goes way up when it is truly global.

As a rule of thumb, the amount of carbon now sequestered in trees and forests around the world is roughly equal to twice the amount that is in the atmosphere.

The single goal should be CO2 reduction.

Making this transition is one of the best and most effective ways to create good, new, sustainable jobs quickly.

The conditionality on the pending block grants to States for efficiency represents one of the single most important measures that can be taken.

This is, properly understood, a planetary emergency.

Most GMOs turn out to be no different in their impact on the environment than the long, slow process of seed selection.

I think, for our country, the road to Copenhagen is to pass the green stimulus measures now pending, pass the cap-and-trade legislation this year;

How can we afford not to do this?

I urge this Congress to quickly pass the entirety of President Obama's Recovery package.

As long as we continue to send hundreds of billions of dollars for foreign oil... our national security will continue to be at risk.

We negotiated the Montreal Protocol, more than 20 years ago, to protect the ozone layer.

The very fact that developing countries, like Brazil and Indonesia, China, which is in its own category, have now begun to take initiatives--I think that makes it a very different situation.

The effort to combat global poverty and to feed those who are hungry is harshly impacted by the impact of global warming.

If Congress acts right away to pass President Obama's Recovery package and then takes decisive action this year to institute a cap-and-trade system for CO2 emissions...

Our home--Earth--is in grave danger.