«[The accords are voluntary but include firm targets-like increasing renewable energy use to 10 percent within seven years, and reducing per capita water consumption by 10 percent by 2015. Generation Earth, a nonprofit group that worked with ICLEI and U.N. officials to organize the summit, will regularly grade each city's effort to meet the accords.] There is tremendous power in targets and timetables, ... Even if the same person isn't there, if you set a goal of 10 percent renewable power within seven years, you can check and see if they've achieved it.»

«It's a King Kong, ... For a community like us to play an ace of spades, it's pretty cool. It's a trump card.»

«It's been a lot of work, ... It's truly a committee effort. They deserve so much of the credit.»

«He was able to crack the nut to get the B-17 here,»

«It's always an issue at election time and an interesting one that balances rights versus aesthetics. The courts see campaign signs as being political speech and do not look favorably on restrictions.»

«The courts do not like that political signs are singled out when the same type of signs are not similarly restricted.»

«It's the logging that's at the core of the problem. We would not have this dramatic increase in bush meat death and destruction if it weren't for the commercial logging.»

«Even without political power or economic power, you can still tap into raw people power. Grass-roots activism and policy working hand-in-hand are necessary for the transformation of our earth.»