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Climate change ideas for On Day One
Day five of the UN Dispatch-Grist collaboration |
Ideas for On Day One |
27 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| The UN Dispatch - Grist collaboration concludes today with discussion of an idea submitted by On Day One user James Hansen -- yes that Dr. James Hansen! Tony Kreindler of the Environmental Defense Fund, Nigel Purvis, Kate Sheppard, Timothy B. Hurst, and David Roberts respond below the fold. Tony Kreindler, media director of the National Climate Campaign at the Environmental Defense Fund As usual, great issues raised ... |
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| Topics: cap-and-dividend, carbon tax, climate, climate change mitigation, climate science, James Hansen, video (all these topics) |
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A modern-day Cassandra
Thoughts on the 20th anniversary of James Hansen's historic Congressional testimony |
Representative Ed Markey |
23 Jun 2008 |
Gristmill |
| In Greek mythology, Cassandra was given the gift of prophecy -- of seeing the future. But she was also cursed to have no one believe her. For far too many years, Dr. James Hansen has been a modern-day Cassandra. Gifted with a scientific training that allowed him to see the forces at work that are warming the planet, for too many years he was also not believed by many who chose to ignore or deny the scientific reality of global warming. Today, it is my pleas ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate science, Ed Markey, James Hansen, legislation, politics (all these topics) |
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350 ppm or bust
Hansen paper released; WaPo fails to link to Grist |
David Roberts |
07 Apr 2008 |
Gristmill |
| Several posts on this site have mentioned a recent paper from James Hansen et al. -- Target CO2: Where Should Humanity Aim? (PDF) -- which argues that the official E.U. target of 550 ppm global atmospheric CO2 is far too high, and that anything over 350 ppm risks putting human beings in a world radically different than anything they've ever known. The final version of the paper is now up, and there's been some good news coverage. For a good overview, see Ed Pil ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate science, James Hansen (all these topics) |
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Fair and balanced?
NASA's Hansen responds to NYT's Revkin |
Joseph Romm |
24 Mar 2008 |
Gristmill |
| This post ends with an exclusive look at James Hansen's response to NYT journalist Andy Revkin's piece commenting on Hansen's (draft) article on why we need a CO2 target of 350 ppm. But first the backstory. Revkin used me as the 'balance' for his piece: Some longtime champions of Dr. Hansen, including the Climate Progress blogger Joe Romm, see some significant gaps in the paper (it is a draft still) and part ways with Dr. Hansen over whether such a goal is remotely f ... |
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| Topics: climate, James Hansen, climate science, climate change mitigation (all these topics) |
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Science: Eh, who cares?
Hansen says scientists need lovin', too |
Kate Sheppard |
26 Jun 2007 |
Gristmill |
| NASA climate scientist James Hansen has a new paper out, titled 'How Can We Avert Dangerous Climate Change,' which is actually a slightly-edited version of his testimony before Congress in April. The paper is available online here (PDF), and it's worth checking out, of course. But also interesting is the preamble Hansen included in his email announcing the new paper: President Eisenhower was arguably the last United States President to seek and value advice of scien ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate science, James Hansen, politics (all these topics) |
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Clarion Caller
An interview with renowned climate scientist James Hansen |
Kate Sheppard |
15 May 2007 |
Main Dish |
| James Hansen. Photo: nasa.gov James Hansen, NASA's top climate expert, believes scientists have an obligation to speak out when their findings have important implications for the public -- and he certainly put that belief into practice last year when he told The New York Times that the Bush administration was trying to muzzle his calls for reducing greenhouse-gas emissions. Hansen has been ... |
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| Topics: climate, climate change mitigation, climate science, coal, energy, international politics, interview, IPCC, James Hansen, politics (all these topics) |
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