Author: James Hansen

Quotes

As a government employee, you can't testify against the government.

As a government employee, you can't testify against the government.

- James Hansen

I've tried to be a straight scientist doing the science and reporting it as best I can.

I've tried to be a straight scientist doing the science and reporting it as best I can.

- James Hansen

The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.

The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.

- James Hansen

We have known since the 1800s that carbon dioxide traps heat in the atmosphere. The right amount keeps the climate conducive to human life.

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

Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of thing where you can compromise.

Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of thing where you can compromise.

- James Hansen

The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.

The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.

- James Hansen

What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.

What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.

- James Hansen

You have no time to do the science if you're talking to the media.

You have no time to do the science if you're talking to the media.

- James Hansen

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