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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.

We learned that economic growth and environmental protection can and should go hand in hand.

Good environmental policy is good economic policy.

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 know the government needs to ensure economic growth... we just hope it takes care of the environment, too.

Sustainable development is a fundamental break that's going to reshuffle the entire deck. There are companies today that are going to dominate in the future simply because they understand that.

Sustainability is no longer about doing less harm. It's about doing more good.

Listen, I wish economic growth only went in one direction. It doesn't. There are economic downturns. They're painful, they're harmful, and they hurt families.

Over and over, we hear politicians say they can't spend our tax dollars on environmental protection when the economy is so fragile.

I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.