If we smoke, there's no magic number of cigarettes, or number of years, that we can smoke before we know we'll get lung cancer.
Katharine HayhoeThere is no set period of time or total amount of carbon emissions that we can stay below to ensure we stay safe.
Katharine HayhoeIt's a common perception that science and religion are mutually exclusive. But there are many scientists who would consider themselves to be spiritual people.
Katharine HayhoeWhere I live, if I put solar panels on my roof I'm not allowed to sell that energy back to the grid. I can't change that restriction myself. I need our local decision-makers to fix that.
Katharine HayhoeWe need a price on carbon that accurately reflects its real costs on our society and our wellbeing.
Katharine HayhoeI've even had people tell me that I must not be a Christian because I think climate change is real. But you know, there's nothing in the Bible that says that. The sad truth is that our thought leaders - many of them in the conservative media and politics - are the ones telling us this isn't real, and we are believing them.
Katharine Hayhoe