Fixing our economy, transforming our energy future, slowing and ultimately reversing climate change and its consequences will require a clear agenda and aggressive timetable that will allow us to repower, refuel and rebuild America.
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But for the sake of our children and our future, we must do more to combat climate change.
One of those challenges is building on the work that we've done to control our own energy future while reducing pollution that contributes to climate change.
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So even as Sally has spent the majority of her career outside of Washington -- where, I might add, the majority of our interior is located -- she is an expert on the energy and climate issues that are going to shape our future.
So even as Sally has spent the majority of her career outside of Washington -- where, I might add, the majority of our interior is located -- (laughter) -- she is an expert on the energy and climate issues that are going to shape our future.
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"The future of our farmlands, our forests, our health, our climate - these are the biggest threats humanity faces and they are far more important than concerns over liability, " he said.
After a century of unprecedented growth in science, technology, and the economy, we now face tremendous challenges to our ability to fuel the future: a fluctuating oil price, a changing climate, and continued dependence on unreliable energy sources.
We must create a climate that gives businesses confidence to hire and to invest in our future.
Yes, we reduce our resources now but we increase them by more in the future as a result of reducing climate change and thus avoiding some of the damage from it.
We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations.
Given the concern over climate change and the looming shortage of fossil fuels and uranium which overshadows our industrial future, geoscientists are focusing more on renewable energy these days.
"We make a major step toward reducing our dependence on oil, confronting global climate change, expanding production of renewable fuels and giving future generations a nation that is stronger, cleaner and more secure, " Bush said.
"We will respond to the threat of climate change, knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations, " he said, warning of a "long and sometimes difficult" path to sustainable energy sources in a nation dominated by its fossil fuel industries such as oil and coal.
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Now, with the issue of climate change, we face the most serious choices we have ever faced about our impact on future generations.
No less than the future of our planet is at stake, and this is really our last best chance to address global climate change and reduce our carbon emissions.
"Heat pumps will be a crucial component of our low-carbon future, provided they perform well, " said David Mackay, the Department of Energy and Climate Change's chief scientific adviser.
We seek cooperation to advance our mutual interests in the prosperous future that will come from an energy supply that's clean and secure and addresses climate change.
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