Ken Salazar Quotes

The 'environmental left' tells us that, though we have natural resources like natural gas and oil and coal, and though we can feed the world, we should keep those things in the ground, put up fences, and be about prohibition.

And I am a conservative. Sometimes conservatives forget we are supposed to conserve, to save, to be efficient. Plus our dependence on other sources of energy is causing our country to not be independent and to really be vulnerable. So this is a security issue.

I cannot in good conscience vote for final passage of legislation that would pave the way to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling.

Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound, comprehensive energy policy.

In my almost ten years in the House of Representatives, I have voted consistently to allow companies to drill for oil and natural gas in environmentally friendly ways.

We need a balanced, long term energy policy to reduce our dependence on foreign oil and preserve the beauty of the land we love.

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

Drill everything, mine everything, roll back regulations, tweak the science, expedite permits. Sound familiar? The Republicans offer up more 19th-Century solutions to our 21st-Century energy problems.

All the conservation efforts in the world won't be enough to make a dent in the oncoming sustainability crisis our planet faces.

The more we focus on using renewable fuels, the less we are dependent upon foreign oil.

Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.

Further devastation of the air, land and sea is obviously a very real possibility, unless the attitudes of politicians and all who irresponsibly exploit our natural resources change significantly in the very near future and all collaborate and sacrifice for the good of the planet.

Fossil fuels and mining is a short-term gambit. If we develop those resources at the expense of the environmental gold mine that is the Great Barrier Reef, we will all lose in the long run.

I tell my environmental friends that they have won. Every issue we look at from an energy perspective is now also looked at from an environmental perspective.

If we want to address global warming, along with the other environmental problems associated with our continued rush to burn our precious fossil fuels as quickly as possible, we must learn to use our resources more wisely, kick our addiction, and quickly start turning to sources of energy that have fewer negative impacts.

President Obama is riding the wrong horse on energy.

To be sure, governments will remain critical to any comprehensive effort to save our planet.

Letting the greens dictate your energy choices, whether it's halting the XL Pipeline or fracking in New York, isn't just bad economics. It can also leave your rivals and enemies controlling your energy destiny.

I am optimistic globally. So many scientists are working frantically on the reparation of our planet.

The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it.

Finally, we should help developing nations like China and India curb their exponentially increasing consumption of oil and natural gas, which is driving world prices higher.

It's time we stopped ignoring the environment. Let's not let another election go by without making this a high priority.

The Nation needs to take a new approach to our energy problems.

I think the government has to reposition environment on top of their national and international priorities.

I think its time to change and balance the environment and growth. If we don't do that, we're going to suffer a hard landing one day very soon.