On a per capita basis, Britain is responsible for more of the carbon dioxide now in the atmosphere than any other nation on Earth because it has been burning it from the dawn of the Industrial Revolution. James Hansen Read Quote
Until the public demands otherwise, the policy makers will continue to serve their financiers. James Hansen Read Quote
Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King – and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights. James Hansen Read Quote
We have known since the 1800s that carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere. The right amount keeps the climate conducive to human life. James Hansen Read Quote
The fact is fossil fuel carbon will stay in the surface climate system for millennia. James Hansen Read Quote
Scientists will say we can’t blame global warming for any single event. In a sense that’s right, but the fact that the frequency and intensity of these events is increasing you can blame on global warming. James Hansen Read Quote
The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains. Coal-fired power plants are factories of death. James Hansen Read Quote
Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actions. Say you decide to buy a small, high-efficiency car. That reduces your emissions, but not your country’s. Instead it allows somebody else to buy a bigger S.U.V. – because the total emissions are set by the cap. James Hansen Read Quote
Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that. James Hansen Read Quote
