Adopting a central organizing principle means embarking on an all-out effort to use every policy and program, every law and institution, to halt the destruction of the environment.

I think the cost of energy will come down when we make this transition to renewable energy.

I'm not trying to top anything. I'm trying to be useful, to play a positive role, to serve the public interest.

My counsel advises me that there is no controlling legal authority or case that says there was any violation of law whatsoever.

The constant drive for campaign dollars has distorted decision-making in Washington, DC, to the point where our systems can no longer effectively address complex, long-term problems like the climate crisis. Which brings me to my other major concern - the short-term focus of capitalism. It distorts the allocation of resources and the decision-making processes of companies.

Unless we act boldly and quickly to deal with the underlying causes of global warming, our world will undergo a string of terrible catastrophes.

I smoked pot in college and in the Army.