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> [We need to send a message to Congress and the president that we want them to take the actions that are needed to preserve climate for young people and future generations and all life on the planet.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/we-need-to-send-a-message-to-congress-and-the-president-that-we-want/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

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## More by James Hansen

> [Talking nice about sun and wind and green jobs is just greenwash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/talking-nice-about-sun-and-wind-and-green-jobs-is-just-greenwash/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/what-is-frustrating-people-me-included-is-that-democratic-action/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-five-year-mean-global-temperature-has-been-flat-for-the-last/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [What makes tar sands particularly odious is that the energy you get out in the end, per unit carbon dioxide, is poor. It's equivalent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/what-makes-tar-sands-particularly-odious-is-that-the-energy-you-get/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/we-are-on-the-precipice-of-climate-system-tipping-points-beyond-which/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/jail-threats-did-not-dissuade-martin-luther-king-and/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [The United States did not sign Kyoto, yet its emissions are not that different from the countries that did sign it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-united-states-did-not-sign-kyoto-yet-its-emissions-are-not-that/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade, which we interpret as a combination of natural variability and a slow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-five-year-mean-global-temperature-has-been-flat-for-the-last-2/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [Rising carbon price is essential to 'decarbonize' the economy - to remove the nation towards the era beyond fossil fuels.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/rising-carbon-price-is-essential-to-decarbonize-the-economy-to-remove/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [Policy decisions on climate change are being deliberated every day by those without full knowledge of the science, and often with intentional misinformation spawned…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/policy-decisions-on-climate-change-are-being-deliberated-every-day-by/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [ Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now \[with climate change\], yet… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/imagine-a-giant-asteroid-on-a-direct-collision-course-with-earth-that/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [The most difficult task, phase-out over the next 20-25 years of coal use that does not capture COâ‚‚, is Herculean, yet feasible when compared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-most-difficult-task-phase-out-over-the-next-20-25-years-of-coal/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/as-species-are-exterminated-by-shifting-climate-zones-ecosystems-can/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [I think we have a very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change... no longer than a decade, at the most.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/i-think-we-have-a-very-brief-window-of-opportunity-to-deal-with/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

> [The climate system is being pushed hard enough that change will become obvious to the man in the street in the next decade.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-hansen/the-climate-system-is-being-pushed-hard-enough-that-change-will/)

[James Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-hansen/)

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