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| James Hansen. |
The American adjunct professor in the Department of Earth
and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University is best known for his research
in the field of climatology.
His testimony on climate change to congressional committees
in 1988 that helped raise broad awareness of global warming, and his advocacy
of action to avoid dangerous climate change.
In recent years, Hansen has become a climate activist for
action to mitigate the effects of climate change, which on a few occasions has
led to his arrest
Following a piece he has written:
The only way to win
the carbon war soon enough to avert unacceptable casualties of young people and
other life on the planet is to carry out the battle on several fronts
simultaneously. (That’s the reason for the expansive name of our organization,
Climate Science, Awareness and Solutions (CSAS), and also the reason that we
support disparate organizations, including Citizens Climate Lobby, Our
Children’s Trust, 350.org…).
We sometimes ask if we
are using our time right, spending too much time on the legal front?
After all, the end
game begins only when we achieve an across-the-board transparent (thank you, Pope
Francis, for recognizing that!) carbon fee. Focus on a carbon fee is high
priority because of the danger that Paris agreements may amount to little more
than national “goals” and, what’s worse, more effete ineffectual
“cap-and-trade” shenanigans. Read the rest here –
Thanks to the Convenor, Psychology for a Safe Climate and Co-Convenor,
Darebin Climate Action Now, Carol Ride, for the link, and who quotes a lead
author with the IPCC, Lesley Hughes, who said “'Business as usual' will give us
the warmest planet in human history and create conditions beyond the experience
of any humans ever.”
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