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Donella Meadows
American
Environmentalist
About the author
Scientists worldwide agree that the reduction needed to stabilize the climate is actually more like 80 percent.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Climate
#Scientists
The latest scientific assessment has almost doubled the predicted rate of warming if no changes are made.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
The climate continues to deteriorate.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Climate
The European nations take climate change very seriously.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Nations
#Change
#Climate
#Climate change
The grand jury's job is not to weigh the evidence from both sides; it is only to decide whether there is enough evidence on one side to bring a person to trial.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Job
#Jury
There have been high crimes and misdemeanors, but they have been committed by the special prosecutor and the Congress, not the president.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#President
#Congress
What Clinton did with Lewinsky was despicable but was no threat to the nation. That he lied about it repeatedly and to the public is a reason for us to cease to trust him and for him to resign.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Public
#Reason
#Trust
#Nation
You may be able to fool the voters, but not the atmosphere.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#May
#Fool
You should issue demerits for tree cutting or the destruction of humus.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Destruction
Glaciers are almost gone from Glacier National Park.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that you are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate with someone with a different paradigm.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Existence
Calculating how much carbon is absorbed by which forests and farms is a tricky task, especially when politicians do it.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Politicians
A knowledgeable and courageous U.S. president could help enormously in leading the world's nations toward saving the climate.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#World
#President
#Leading
#Help
#Nations
#Climate
Denmark, the Netherlands and Germany have detailed plans to cut their greenhouse emissions by 20 to 50 percent.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Germany
#Denmark
Everyone except the far right wing of the Republican Party realizes that oil, gas and coal burning are the main activities that have sent the climate into bigger floods, droughts, hurricanes, and El Ninos.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Right
#Republican
#Party
#Oil
#Climate
George W. cares as much about climate change as you would expect from a Texas oilman.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Change
#Climate
#Climate change
Once again I stopped listening to the news this week.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Listening
#News
I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Time
#Trying
#Interest
#Jury
In 1994 the U.S. Court of Appeals decided in the case of Oliver North to permit the release of grand jury evidence, because it had already been so thoroughly leaked.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Court
#Jury
A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor.
Donella Meadows,
American
Environmentalist
#Jury