James Hansen
Scientist
1941-03-29
Quotes by James Hansen
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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 a government employee, you can't testify against the government.
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The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains. Coal-fired power plants are factories of death.
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We have known since the 1800s that carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere. The right amount keeps the climate conducive to human life.
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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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The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.
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Recent warming coincides with rapid growth of human-made greenhouse gases. The observed rapid warming gives urgency to discussions about how to slow greenhouse gas emissions.
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Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.
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