Scott Pruitt Quotes

Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.

We had some major successes and we did so because the country embraced the spirit of Earth Day and embraced this concept that we have to have forward-looking, visionary environmental policy and energy policy in this country.

Environmentalism opposes reckless innovation and makes conservation the central order of business.

If you develop in the old fashioned way there are enormous costs (to the environment)….but we have to demonstrate it, not just tell people.

Sustainability is the key to our survival on this planet and will also determine success on all levels.

It's time to renew our commitment to the world around us.

Sustainability, ensuring the future of life on Earth, is an infinite game, the endless expression of generosity on behalf of all.

Being an environmentalist isn't all about doom and gloom.

I think the new generation is much more demanding about respect for the environment than we have ever imagined.

I'd like to continue to spread my message on conservation and make sure my dad's message - his legacy - lives on.

If there is a future, it will be Green.

Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?

I believe we should be good custodians of the Earth.

I'm on the board of the Sierra Club Foundation and am myself a big environmentalist. But the way to make the biggest difference is to change mainstream behavior.

The only way forward, if we are going to improve the quality of the environment, is to get everybody involved.

If I were emperor of the world, I would put the pedal to the floor on energy efficiency and conservation for the next decade.

Like every other viable environmental policy, the search for clean energy begins at home.

As we look to the future, we cannot improve our living standards while simultaneously degrading the natural environment around us.

Real environmental change depends on us. We can't wait for our leaders. We have to focus on what our own responsibilities are and how we can make the change happen.

Do environmentalists really believe that green progress means looking out at America's majestic mountains, forests, green oceans, wilderness areas and deserts and viewing miles upon miles of nothing but windmills and solar paneling?

I believe the green movement is gaining momentum because people are becoming more educated about the real importance of living green.

Energy conservation is a responsibility that falls on every country and individual.

Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

I am a conservationist. It is in my DNA.

I've always been a strong supporter of environmental protection and initiatives in that area. But I'm willing to set priorities. If we have to make reductions in one place, we'll have to-in order to increase another place, I'm willing to do that.