Carol Browner Professions : Former Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency Born : December 16, 1955 Browse All Authors Top 11 quotes by Carol Browner The way we guarantee safe drinking water is broken and needs to be fixed. Carol Browner broken drinking water A food waste reduction hierarchy-feeding people first, then animals, then recycling, then composting-serves to show how productive use can be made of much of the excess food that is currently contributing to leachate and methane formation in landfills. Carol Browner environmental animal people Americans deserve both clean air and clean water and never one at the expense of the other. Carol Browner cleanliness air water The sooner the US puts a cap on our dangerous carbon pollution, the sooner we can create a new generation of clean energy jobs here in America. Carol Browner energy jobs america There could be oil coming up until August. Carol Browner oil-spill oil august Although the United States has made tremendous progress cleaning up its water by removing billions of pounds of pollutants and doubling the number of waterways safe for fishing and swimming, a majority of Americans live within 10 miles of a polluted lake, river, stream or coastal area. Carol Browner swimming fishing rivers Our actions today will protect children from the adverse effects of exposure to pesticides commonly used on foods. The agency also is on schedule to meet all deadlines for ensuring safer pesticides use under the new Food Quality Protection Act. Carol Browner agency adversity children Choosing the most fuel-efficient vehicles within a class can save drivers at least $1,500 in fuel costs and avoid more than 15 tons of greenhouse gas pollution over the life of the vehicle, as well as help reduce dependence on foreign oil. Carol Browner oil cost class This is probably the biggest environmental disaster we have ever faced in this country. It is certainly the biggest oil spill and we are responding with the biggest environmental response. Carol Browner environmental oil country Eventually, we can get to a system where an electric company will be able to hold back some of the power so that maybe your air conditioner won't operate at its peak. Carol Browner able energy air Poor communities, frequently communities of color but not exclusively, suffer disproportionately. If you look at where our industrialized facilities tend to be located, they're not in the upper middle class neighborhoods. Carol Browner community color class Similar Authors Russell E. Train former-administrator-of-the-environmental-protection-agency All Authors
