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Decades of scientific research has proven that carbon pollution is harmful to human health and causes global warming.

I am not convinced the Clean Air Act was ever intended to regulate or classify as a dangerous pollutant something as basic and ubiquitous in our atmosphere as carbon dioxide.

Approximately 80% of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources.

There's so much pollution in the air now that if it weren't for our lungs there'd be no place to put it all.

There is a growing recognition of the importance of really bringing pollution under control.

In the rich world, the environmental situation has improved dramatically. In the United States, the most important environmental indicator, particulate air pollution, has been cut by more than half since 1955, rivers and coastal waters have dramatically improved, and forests are increasing.

The most important pathological effects of pollution are extremely delayed and indirect.

As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility - which I do.

Everyone knows the link between the environment and their own health.