In an economic recession, naturally, when you ask people to list their priorities, they're going to place a higher priority on the immediate economic situation.

I see myself in the mold of Rin Tin Tin. It didn't go to his head either.

The cumulative amount of man-made global pollution that's in the atmosphere now traps as much extra heat energy every day as would be released by 400,000 Hiroshima-class atomic bombs exploding every day. It's a big planet, but that's an awful lot of energy.

We're operating this planet like a business in liquidation.

I was in elective politics for 24 years. I've made four national races, two for president, two for vice president. I have found there are other ways to serve, and I'm enjoying them.

We are seeing every night on the television news now a nature hike through the Book of Revelation. These climate-related extreme weather events have convinced the vast majority of people that the scientists have been right for a long time. We have to address this.

We have to abandon the conceit that isolated personal actions are going to solve this crisis. Our policies have to shift.