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Advancement of Science summit as they were urged to better communicate their work to the public. Scientific solutions are needed to solve global crises - from food and water shortages to environmental destruction - "but the public now does not...
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Weaver causes media storm by stating the obvious — coal is climate change bad guy, not the oilsands
Edmonton Journal
But let’s get back to the oilsands, which have been successfully demonized by people like NASA scientist James Hansen, who once declared that it would be “game over” for the world’s climate if they were fully exploited. Nothing could be further from...
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There is no way to prevent big banks from being involved in a cap-and-trade system
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UVic's Andrew Weaver says impact of burning all Alberta’s oilsands negligible
Victoria Times Colonist
Even using up every last estimated drop of estimated oil-in-place, including bitumen that’s currently inaccessible or unproven — even if such a thing were possible — would raise global temperatures by roughly 0.35 C. That’s a stark contrast to the...
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The stark assessment of the current global outlook by the group, who include Sir Bob Watson, the government’s chief scientific adviser on environmental issues, US climate scientist James Hansen, Prof José Goldemberg, Brazil’s secretary of environment...
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NASA scientist James Hansen has famously said that if the oil sands are fully exploited, it will be “game over” for the climate. “We’re not giving a get-out-of-jail-free card to the tar-sands industry. This is not the purpose of our study,” Dr. Weaver...
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James Hansen, head of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and an iconic figure among climate researchers, said “even the skeptical scientists now agree” that Earth is undergoing a warming trend. Hansen told the annual convention of the American...
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So here’s some material from my forthcoming book on messaging. Yes, more observations and more analysis are valuable — and I will keep reporting on the ever-worsening climate outlook — but right now we need much more persuasiveness (see Why scientists...
About James Hansen
Wikipedia
James E. Hansen (born March 29, 1941 in Denison, Iowa) heads the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York City, a part of the Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, Earth Sciences Division. He is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University. Hansen is best... Full Article
