Khalid A. Al-Falih Quotes

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

Good environmental policy is good economic policy.

We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.

We can be about jobs and growth and be good stewards of our environment.

By adopting the control strategy, the nation's environmental program has created a built-in antagonism between environmental quality and economic growth.

I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.

Economic growth and environmental protection are not at odds. They're opposite sides of the same coin if you're looking at longer-term prosperity.

Every time we try to do something to improve the environment someone predicts that it will ruin the economy.

The current challenge facing the environmental authorities is how to properly deal with the environmental problems caused by economic development.

We, as a country, have always used innovative technology to advance environmental stewardship, reduction of those pollutants, but also grown our economy at the same time.

There is an old belief that solving environmental problems can only be achieved by first building enough economic wealth so we can 'afford to save the environment.' This 'Kuznets Curve' thinking has never been correct and must be abandoned once and for all if we are serious about economic development for a thriving humanity on Earth.

Ecology and economy are becoming inextricably entwined, and the world is becoming more conscious of this fact.

Environmental protection and economic development are not in conflict. Environmental protection is not a burden but a source for innovation. It can increase competition, create jobs, and lifts the economy.

After all, sustainability means running the global environment - Earth Inc. - like a corporation: with depreciation, amortization and maintenance accounts. In other words, keeping the asset whole, rather than undermining your natural capital.

In time, we will have to recognise that it is not 'nature' that we need to protect, but ourselves, and we can only do this by abandoning the old, grandiose, profit-seeking schemes so beloved of our masters and learning to till the soil, live to scale, and live within our means.

A sustainable world means working together to create prosperity for all.

If Canada could simply apply the basic principles of sustainable development, such as the internalization of costs and 'polluters pay,' it would have long-term beneficial effects, both environmental and economic.

In the end, I think the majority of Romanian society will understand that if we respect environmental protection standards, if we have benefits in taxes, royalties, jobs, we should do what all the modern countries in Europe and beyond are doing to take advantage of their natural resources.

My role is not to choose between safeguarding the economy and protecting the environment - it's about doing both.

But now sustainability is such a political category that it's getting more and more difficult to think about it in a serious way. Sustainability has become an ornament.

What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two.

I know the government needs to ensure economic growth... we just hope it takes care of the environment, too.

I have never believed we had to choose between either a clean and safe environment or a growing economy. Protecting the health and safety of all Americans doesn’t have to come at the expense of our economy’s bottom line. And creating thriving companies and new jobs doesn’t have to come at the expense of the air we breathe, the water we drink, the food we eat, or the natural landscape in which we live. We can, and indeed must, have both.

… work [jobs] and the environment should not be played off against each other.

They go together, a strong environment and a strong economy. In Florida the environment is the economy.