We are altering the most basic forces of the planet's surface - the content of the sunlight, the temperature and aridity - and that brings out the most powerful questions about who is in charge. If you wanted to give a name to this theological problem, I think you could say that we are engaged in decreation.

When we think about global warming at all, the arguments tend to be ideological, theological and economic.

The fact that Washington has been a complete logjam for anything for the last six years has got to change because we need to have federal policy that really allows us to move quickly and nimbly.

The most blatant examples are increased power and frequency in hurricanes and the increased depth and frequency of heat waves.

To me the analogy [to climate change] is... doctors worry a lot about cholesterol. And if you go to the doctor, and the doctor says "oh, your life would be happier if you ate a different diet and exercised" people pay no attention.

The roof of my house is covered in solar panels. When Im home, Im a pretty green fellow.

Everything that the administration has done has been counterproductive.