American - Scientist | March 29, 1941 -
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.
James Hansen
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If your child gets asthma, the fossil fuel industry doesn't pay. Or if there's a natural disaster, the bill is paid by the taxpayer, not the fossil fuel company.
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With a fourth generation of nuclear power, you can have a technology that will burn more than 99 percent of the energy in the fuel. It would mean that you don't need to mine uranium for the next thousand years.
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Coal is responsible for as much atmospheric carbon dioxide as other fossil fuels combined and it still has far greater reserves. We must stop using it.
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I have been described as the grandfather of climate change. In fact, I am just a grandfather and I do not want my grandchildren to say that grandpa understood what was happening but didn't make it clear.
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What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.
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As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species.
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The five warmest years over the last century occurred in the last eight years.
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The United States did not sign Kyoto, yet its emissions are not that different from the countries that did sign it.
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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 to burning coal in your automobile.
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Some Democrats deserve to be criticized.
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What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash.
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