05/14/2012
https://www.congress.gov...
"In the end, sadly, history is likely to judge the actions of the CEOs of fossil fuel companies as causing more death and more human misery than the tobacco industry."
"The cost of inaction, of not combating climate change, will be far, far more expensive in every way than transforming our energy system away from fossil fuel."
"If we do nothing, the effects of climate change will lead to the deaths of 1.5 million people across the globe every single year."
"In my view, we have got to make it clear to the fossil fuel industry that their short-term profits are not more important than the future of our planet."