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 with the efforts that went into World War II. The stakes, for all life on the… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash. — James Hansen Copy Share Image
The five-year mean global temperature has been flat for the last decade — James Hansen Copy Share Image
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… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption. — James Hansen Copy Share Image
Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights. — James Hansen Copy Share Image
The United States did not sign Kyoto, yet its emissions are not that different from the countries that did sign it. — James Hansen Copy Share Image
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… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
Rising carbon price is essential to 'decarbonize' the economy - to remove the nation towards the era beyond fossil fuels. — James Hansen Copy Share Image
Policy decisions on climate change are being deliberated every day by those without full knowledge of the science, and often with intentional misinformation spawned… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now [with climate change], yet… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
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… — James Hansen Copy Share Image
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