We don't have to sacrifice a strong economy for a healthy environment.

Within 10 years it will be impossible to travel to the North Pole by dog team. There will be too much open water.

Industry is fortune's right hand, and frugality its left.

Much of the debate over global warming is predicated on fear, rather than science.

Pushing production out of America to nations without our environmental standards increases global environmental risks.

I firmly believe that we can have a healthy environment and a sustainable timber industry.

If the federal government had been around when the Creator was putting His hand to this state, Indiana wouldn't be here. It'd still be waiting for an environmental impact statement.

I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences.

A very Faustian choice is upon us: whether to accept our corrosive and risky behavior as the unavoidable price of population and economic growth, or to take stock of ourselves and search for a new environmental ethic.

The real cure for our environmental problems is to understand that our job is to salvage Mother Nature. We are facing a formidable enemy in this field. It is the hunters... and to convince them to leave their guns on the wall is going to be very difficult.