GE is the biggest polluter of the Hudson.. years ago they killed all the fish dumping millions of lbs. of pcb's into our waterways. Now let's make them pay for the cleanup. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. More Quotes by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. More Quotes From Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. Investigative journalism has been relegated to a very, very tiny space in America. We don't really have much investigative journalism left. And the last refuge for it is documentary filmmaking. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. documentaries space america We need election reform because our elections are being stolen. And these huge powerful voting machine vending companies have privatized the election process in our country. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. election-process powerful country One out of every six American women has so much mercury in her womb that her children are at risk for a grim inventory of diseases, including autism, blindness, mental retardation and heart, liver and kidney disease. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. autism heart children When Wal-Mart brings water down to the Katrina victims, it's not doing that to be nice; it's doing it to make larger profits and to increase the value of its shares. If its actions are not accomplishing those objectives, the shareholders can sue the executives, and sue them successfully, because it is illegal for them to act on behalf of any other reason than increasing the value of their shares. There is nothing wrong with that. That is the way that they were created and the way we want them to function to increase prosperity in the market. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. nice want water I don't even consider myself an environmentalist anymore. I'm a free-marketer. I go out into the marketplace and I catch the polluters who are cheating the free market. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. free-market environmentalist cheating Speaking of prostitutes, big oil's top call girl Sen Inhofe wants to kill fuel economy backed by automakers, small biz, enviros, & consumers. 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Kennedy, Jr. voting democracy citizens The law in the United States, in every jurisdiction until about 1876, was that if a factory put smoke into the air, even one day a year, and it got onto a neighbor's property, the neighbor had the right to enjoin to close down the factory, and the courts had no choice but to do that. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. law air years I think we as Americans know there's a much better alternative than the 17th century practice of burning rocks to power our economy. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. rocks practice thinking Sometimes it's more important to change politicians than light bulbs. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. important light sometimes In a true free market economy, you can't make yourself rich without enriching your community. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. rich economy community Resurrecting American democracy is vital to averting climate catastrophe. We must first repeal the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling, which has flooded elections with billions of oily petrodollars from carbon tycoons. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. climate democracy firsts I was interested in the environment from when I was a little kid. I spent most of my time hunting and fishing and kayaking. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. kayaking hunting kids American democracy is supposed to be the paradigm for the rest of the world. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. paradigm democracy world The technologies for the alternative energy sources exists today. The economics are compelling. The public health is compelling. Why would we maintain a focus on a 17th-century technology, when there are 21st-century alternatives that are both necessary and available? And the answer is the subversion of democracy. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. democracy technology focus Everyone knows that we're doing a science experiment with Earth. And the No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 contributors to it are the mining and burning of coal. Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. coal burning earth
