My role is not to choose between safeguarding the economy and protecting the environment - it's about doing both.
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What we've proven is that you can protect the environment, use it wisely and grow the economy and that there is no conflict between the two.
I am working to make sure we don't only protect the environment, we also improve governance.
The need to protect the environment has emerged as an undeniably important priority for me.
Environmental protection and economic development are not in conflict. Environmental protection is not a burden but a source for innovation. It can increase competition, create jobs, and lifts the economy.
I think it's important to watch out for our environment and to be careful.
We must guard against the overreaching hand of big government trying to take away our freedom. And we must always protect the environment in a manner consistent with our values.
I believe in the protection of the environment that supports us all.
The thing that I champion is sustainability. My terror is that suddenly we see it as a luxury, not an essential. That's a danger.
I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.
I'm not in favor of just taking short-term isolated situations and depleting our resources to keep our climate just the way it is today.
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