Dan Becker Quotations

Nuclear power is a dangerous energy source that creates more problems than it solves. Switching from dirty coal plants to dangerous nuclear power is like giving up smoking cigarettes and taking up crack.

Landlords need to be more accountable for the people in their buildings. It is not OK to have four or five or six or 10 people sleeping in an apartment designed for three, and it's not good for the community.

If the United States had taken a leading role in trying to make this a meaningful agreement ... then I think the whole world would have turned around. Unfortunately, it has been a big disappointment and creates a real threat for our children's future.

It's not every day that the Sierra Club is able to applaud Ford's actions.

The biggest single step to saving money at the gas pump, curbing global warming, and cutting America's oil dependence is to make our cars, SUVs and other trucks go farther on a gallon of gas.

The biggest single step that the president could take to cut our oil addiction, curb global warming and save consumers money at the gas pump is raising (fuel economy) standards substantially, and that's not what they're doing. They are tinkering around the edges rather than using the most powerful tool they've got.

This fuel cell vehicle shows the days of the internal combustion engine are numbered. We don't know how big that number is, but they're definitely on their way out.

We'll continue to have a major presence and impact here. These latest asset decisions are aimed at strengthening our ability to continue to succeed in the global market, which is critical to our future as a major employer here in Puget Sound.

There's lot of options out there for me.

At a time when Americans are paying record prices for gas, the Bush administration has sided with its cronies in the auto industry and rejected real solutions.