Van Jones Quotes
Donald Trump's going to start a war, he's going to start attacking immigrants or Muslims or Black Lives Matter or whatever. Because he's going to have to distract them from the no jobs.
In the fourth quadrant (lower right), working-class people are motivated to take on green-collar jobs and start green businesses.
Apparently, the fossil-fuel industry's strategy is to convince the American people that we should just burn all the way through the last of our oil and coal reserves.
Clean coal represents a breakthrough in the marketing of coal, but not in the science of burning coal.
Government-mandated and -subsidized ethanol from corn will go down in history as the "Iraq War" of environmental solutions: ill-considered, costly, and disastrous.
By kicking its carbon addiction, America will increase its national wealth and generate millions of jobs that can't be outsourced.
The time has come for a public-private community partnership to fix this country and put it back to work.
We should use the transition to a better energy strategy as an opportunity to create a better economy and a better country all around.
We just want government to be a smart, supportive, reliable partner to the forces that are working for good in this country.
A green economy begins to replace some of the clunking and chugging of ugly machines with the wise effort of beautiful, skilled people. That means more jobs.
Will the new environmental leaders fight for eco-equity in this new "green economy" they are birthing?
If you look at my career over the past twenty years, I've always been trying to look around corners for low-income communities of color.
I don't like to comment on a specific local issue because there are plenty of people already working on the problem who know a lot more about it than I do.
I am sharing my faith with my sons. I pray, meditate and read devotionally. But let me be clear: I am a "person of faith" not because I am a saint, but because I am a sinner.
"Big" government? Who wants that? I just want effective government. That means America's government needs to be big in some places, small in others and non-existent in others.
I don't put myself above anyone, and I have as many shortcomings as any non-believer. I just choose to turn to a higher power to help me gain wisdom and, I hope, improve over time.
