Gale Norton
Gale Norton
Gale Ann Nortonserved as the 48th United States Secretary of the Interior from 2001 to 2006 under President George W. Bush. She was the first woman to hold the position...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth11 March 1954
CountryUnited States of America
long natural resources
Human beings are going to be relying on natural resources for a long time.
air years pollution-control
I spend a year at the Hoover Institute at Stanford, researching market approaches to air pollution control.
thinking needs today
I think today we recognize that economic activity needs to search for ways to protect the environment.
thinking challenges trying
I think the greatest challenge in environmentalism and the most rewarding challenge is trying to figure out how humans can meet their needs while protecting the environment.
people effort labels
In Washington, there's always an effort to label people.
crazy schedules facts
My schedulers keep getting driven crazy by the fact that they can't fit hikes in my schedule.
growing-up mountain colorado
Growing up in Denver, I'm sure it started with loving the Colorado mountains.
government regulation way
Why has it seemed that the only way to protect the environment is with heavy-handed government regulation?
believe fighting needs
I believe strongly that we need to get beyond rhetoric, beyond industry and environmentalists fighting with each other, and seriously solve problems.
animal people bird
Predators make it much more difficult to find consensus. It's a lot easier to agree about birds and plants than about animals that endanger people and livestock.
democrat
I started out as a Democrat.
india energy economy
We also know that China and India, as their economies ramp up, are using more and more energy.
country air quality
We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.
innovation helping environment
Local innovation and initiative can help us better understand how to protect our environment.