"I think over the years our wetlands have got cleaner as we've actively cleaned up our act," he explains.
Now, unified in majority government, they seem intent on the reverse: exploiting shale gas, building new nuclear facilities, and actively undermining clean-energy competition.
In America, those responsible for 14 state pension funds, together managing over $1 trillion of public pension money, have said they will actively seek to clean up corporate corruption.
"Our research shows that a policy package that actively supports both clean energy investment and the orderly replacement of our ageing coal-fired power stations can better manage a timely transition to a cleaner energy supply.
Emma Thompson said: "I find it unbelievable that the British Museum is promoting a company that's not just extracting disastrous amounts of fossil fuels but is actively lobbying against clean energy alternatives.
Since the world is actively looking for clean energy and efficient alternatives to petrol-based products for its current global crises of fossil depletion, biological feedstock exploitation with bioprocess technology improvements is attracting increasing attention.
In the current situation, local businesses have been forced to shut down and are actively seeking out clean, reliable and alternative energy solutions.
We see them actively undermining the clean energy industry with attacks on wind and solar power such as attempts documented in a Guardian newspaper-uncovered confidential memo from conservative think tanks to create false anti-wind "citizen" groups.
Wednesday, just as the Republicans all but proclaimed they were actively opposed to clean energy job creation, Energy Secretary Stephen Chu became perhaps the first Energy Secretary in history to become an economic development cheerleader, advocating the restoration of American high-tech manufacturing as the key to economic recovery and competitiveness for the nation.
Back in February 2008, candidate Obama wrote a letter to then Governor Anibal Acevedo Vilá and the people of Puerto Rico in which he promised to "actively work" to clean up Vieques and to help those suffering from the health effects of toxic heavy metals, chemicals and radioactivity associated with the Navy's use of Vieques for target practice and live-fire training since World War II.
