Valerie Davis and Kevin Tuerff hang out by the US Center inside COP 15 in Copenhagen prior to a US State Dept briefing for business and industry.
“If I were a US businessman, I would say, ‘Please, please, please do a deal in Copenhagen, and please make it market-based. If we fail to get a market-based deal here, and if the US Senate fails to pass cap-and-trade legislation, then the EPA will be obliged to regulate. And every businessman knows that taxes and regulations tend to be a lot more expensive and lot less efficient than market-based approaches.” –Yvo de Boer, UNFCCC executive secretary
“Switching the country (US) from coal to nuclear is like giving up smoking and getting into crack cocaine.” –Dan Becker, director, Safe Climate Campaign
“A solution to climate change is closely related to population management.” Zhao Baige, vice minister of China’s National Population and Family Planning Commission
“By investing in stronger energy efficiency standards for buildings and products, consumers can have their cake and eat it, too.” –US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu
