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Thoughts on Keystone XL

September 26, 2011 by David Lewis
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James Hansen used to say he couldn't imagine a better person to head the DOE than Stephen Chu.  Both men entered political life to do something about getting civilization to respond to the evidence for climate change.   Yet the Keystone XL issue has them on opposing sides.  Hansen led those protesting the... [read more]

When Changing A Lightbulb Isn’t Enough…

September 1, 2011 by Marc Gunther
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   What have you done lately about climate change? In the last two weeks, about 700 Americans – with more to come – have been arrested in front of the White House, calling on President Obama to block the construction of the $7 billion, 1700-mile Keystone pipeline project that will bring Canadian tar sands oil to largest... [read more]

NASA’s James Hansen Says Nuclear Is Safer Than Fossil

June 24, 2011 by Jonathan Smith
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Image via Wikipedia In a Treehugger interview on Climate Change and Intergenerational Justice, NASA’s James Hansen says it is very unfortunate that “a number of nations have indicated that they’re going to phase out nuclear power… The truth is, what we should do is use the more advanced nuclear power. Even the old nuclear power is much... [read more]

Our Climate Fate On The Toss Of A Coin?

April 8, 2011 by David Hone
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Perhaps in response to the initial findings of the Berkeley Earth Surface Temperature project and the reported disappointment of some climate skeptics after the lead of the project testified before a Congressional committee, the Wall Street Journal Europe published an article on April 5th by former commodity market statistician Douglas Keenan which questions the significance, in statistical terms, of the warming of the planet over the last century. [read more]

Doc alert: Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change

January 19, 2011 by Lou Grinzo
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The Paleoclimate Implications for Human-Made Climate Change, a draft of a new paper by James E. Hansen and Makiko Sato is available [PDF]. The paper’s abstract: Milankovic climate oscillations help define climate sensitivity and assess potential human-made climate effects. We conclude that Earth in the warmest interglacial periods was... [read more]

Hansen on reticence and the threat of sea level rise

November 9, 2010 by Lou Grinzo
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James Hansen has published a short piece, Scientific reticence and sea level rise [PDF], which I highly recommend. The abstract and some selected clips: I suggest that a ‘scientific reticence’ is inhibiting the communication of a threat of a potentially large sea level rise. Delay is dangerous because of system inertias that could create... [read more]

Watch the Climate Rally now. I’m on at 4:50 EDT.

April 25, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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The “largest climate rally ever” is taking place on DC mall right now.  You can watch the live stream of everyone from James Hansen to James Cameron, from Sting to me, right here: I’m supposed to be on around 4:50 pm for 3 minutes, though severe weather could obviously change that. If someone can find a full schedule,... [read more]

Denis Hayes explains why you should come to the “largest climate rally ever” on the DC Mall April 25 - Come hear everyone from James Hansen to James Cameron, from Sting to me. Let's show the Tea Partiers what a real crowd looks like.

April 19, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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Earth Day Network is organizing a huge event on the Mall in Washington DC on April 25. The goal is to demand tough, effective climate legislation and a swift transition away from 19th century energy sources. “So what?” you may be asking yourself. There have been a lot of climate rallies over the last 25 years and Congress still hasn’t... [read more]

Hansen calls climate change “predominant moral issue of the 21st century,” slams Congress, Cantwell-Collins

April 7, 2010 by Joseph Romm
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The country’s top climatologist, NASA’s James Hansen, writes in HuffPost: The predominant moral issue of the 21st century, almost surely, will be climate change, comparable to Nazism faced by Churchill in the 20th century and slavery faced by Lincoln in the 19th century. Our fossil fuel addiction, if unabated, threatens our children... [read more]

Globally warned – review of Hamilton and Hansen

March 28, 2010 by Barry Brook
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Tony Kevin, author of Crunch Time (refer to this BNC guest post), recently published a review of two climate-change-related books in The Age newspaper (Melbourne’s daily broadsheet). Unfortunately, the review only made the print edition — there is no permanent online record. As such, Tony asked me if I would reproduce them here on BNC,... [read more]

Hansen: Climate and Energy Leadership

March 10, 2010 by Barry Brook
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As reported earlier on BNC, Dr James Hansen is currently in Australia (I had the pleasure of taking him out to dinner yesterday evening). Tonight he’ll be speaking on climate change and energy solutions at a public event at the Adelaide Convention Centre. There is still time to reserve a ticket and come along — please go here to book.... [read more]

No Longer Even Slightly Skeptical, No Longer Patient About Action to Effectively Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions

February 12, 2010 by Rod Adams
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Like all but immediately essential federal government workers in Washington, DC, I have spent the past 4.5 working days at home since the city has been effectively shut down. We have experienced two heavy snowfalls within 48 hours of each other. While shoveling what must have been several tons of heavy, wet snow over a 7 day period,... [read more]

James Hansen's Story About His NY Times Op-Ed That Was Submitted with the Title of "Sack Goldman Sachs’ Cap‐and‐Trade"

February 8, 2010 by Rod Adams
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The more I read his work, the more I respect James Hansen's intellect and passion. I am reading his recently published book titled Storms of My Grandchildren and learning more than I ever knew before about his work as an atmospheric scientist studying the earth for the past 30 years. Dr. Hansen and I share a distaste of the proposed "... [read more]

Copenhagen has given us the chance to face climate change with honesty

January 2, 2010 by Big Gav
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James Hansen has an article in The Guardian welcoming the demise of the Copenhagen conference - Copenhagen has given us the chance to face climate change with honesty. Points awarded to anyone who knew what "fugacious" meant before reading this... Last weekend's minimalist Copenhagen global climate accord provides a great opportunity.... [read more]

That's not quite right, is it? (part 2)

December 7, 2009 by John Whitehead
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Hansen in today's NYTimes:Because cap and trade is enforced through the selling and trading of permits, it actually perpetuates the pollution it is supposed to eliminate. If every polluter’s emissions fell below the incrementally lowered cap, then the price of pollution credits would collapse and the economic rationale to keep reducing... [read more]