16 Quotes by Michael Oppenheimer

Mr. Nelson is certainly cooperating with the authorities. He wants to do whatever he can to help out.

One point stands out above all others, and that is that a modest global warming may put Earth in the danger zone for a major sea-level rise.

I find these results troubling, disturbing, scary. Because despite the uncertainties, we're playing dice with the whole Earth here.

He got involved with some people who weren't so good, let's say, and he ended up, in the course of doing business, he ended up paying finders' fees and/or commissions to people who were not so good.

We care about global warming, because it's going to remake the face of the Earth. We are heading to a completely different world than the one we're used to.

We do have a little time, but not much. . . . If we don't get a serious program in place for the long term in this second post-Kyoto phase, we will simply not make it and we will be crossing limits which will basically produce impacts that are unacceptable.

We see very high vulnerability on the Jersey coast. These things are not going to happen tomorrow. It gradually unfolds over the course of the 21st century. But we will be spending ever-increasing amounts defending the coast.

They'll either have to provide a heck of a lot of beach replenishment or build something harder, like a sea wall,

I cannot think of a more heinous and egregious act.