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James Hansen quotes: The urgency derives from the nearness of climate tipping points.

The urgency derives from the nearness of climate tipping points.

James Hansen quotes: As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species.

As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species.

James Hansen quotes: 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 quotes: If we fail to act, we will end up with a different planet.

If we fail to act, we will end up with a different planet.

James Hansen quotes: The global surface albedo [surface whiteness] and greenhouse gas changes account for practically the entire global climate change.

The global surface albedo [surface whiteness] and greenhouse gas changes account for practically the entire global climate change.

James Hansen quotes: The forcings that drive long-term climate change are not known with an accuracy sufficient to define future climate change.

The forcings that drive long-term climate change are not known with an accuracy sufficient to define future climate change.

James Hansen quotes: Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights.

Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights.

James Hansen quotes: There is still time to act and avoid a worsening climate, but we are wasting precious time,

There is still time to act and avoid a worsening climate, but we are wasting precious time,

James Hansen quotes: The United States did not sign Kyoto, yet its emissions are not that different from the countries that did sign it.

The United States did not sign Kyoto, yet its emissions are not that different from the countries that did sign it.

James Hansen quotes: The climate system is being pushed hard enough that change will become obvious to the man in the street in the next decade.

The climate system is being pushed hard enough that change will become obvious to the man in the street in the next decade.

James Hansen quotes: We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.

We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption.

James Hansen quotes: Coal is the single greatest threat to civilization and all life on our planet.

Coal is the single greatest threat to civilization and all life on our planet.

James Hansen quotes: The question is not whether to close the parks, but how to accomplish this goal.

The question is not whether to close the parks, but how to accomplish this goal.

James Hansen quotes: Burning all the fossil fuels will destroy the planet we know, Creation, the planet of stable climate in which civilization developed.

Burning all the fossil fuels will destroy the planet we know, Creation, the planet of stable climate in which civilization developed.

James Hansen quotes: Until the public demands otherwise, the policy makers will continue to serve their financiers.

Until the public demands otherwise, the policy makers will continue to serve their financiers.

James Hansen quotes: Because cap and trade is enforced through the selling and trading of permits, it actually perpetuates the pollution it is supposed to eliminate.

Because cap and trade is enforced through the selling and trading of permits, it actually perpetuates the pollution it is supposed to eliminate.

James Hansen quotes: 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 quotes: It would be immoral to leave young people with a climate system spiraling out of control.

It would be immoral to leave young people with a climate system spiraling out of control.

James Hansen quotes: We're running out of time.

We're running out of time.

James Hansen quotes: It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.

It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.

James Hansen quotes: What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash.

What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash.

James Hansen quotes: Rising carbon price is essential to 'decarbonize' the economy - to remove the nation towards the era beyond fossil fuels.

Rising carbon price is essential to 'decarbonize' the economy - to remove the nation towards the era beyond fossil fuels.

James Hansen quotes: Well, you know what happens to crime when the heat goes up.

Well, you know what happens to crime when the heat goes up.

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 quotes: 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 quotes: Some Democrats deserve to be criticized.

Some Democrats deserve to be criticized.

James Hansen quotes: Interference with communications of science to the public has been greater during the current administration than at any time in my career,

Interference with communications of science to the public has been greater during the current administration than at any time in my career,

James Hansen quotes: Adding CO2 to the air is like throwing another blanket on the bed.

Adding CO2 to the air is like throwing another blanket on the bed.

James Hansen quotes: The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains. Coal-fired power plants are factories of death.

The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains. Coal-fired power plants are factories of death.

James Hansen quotes: Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now [with climate change], yet we dither.

Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now [with climate change], yet we dither.

James Hansen quotes: What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.

What we are doing to the future of our children, and the other species on the planet, is a clear moral issue.

James Hansen quotes: The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.

The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.

James Hansen quotes: Global warming has already triggered a sea level rise that could reach from 6 metres (19.69 ft) to 25 metres (27.34 yards).

Global warming has already triggered a sea level rise that could reach from 6 metres (19.69 ft) to 25 metres (27.34 yards).

James Hansen quotes: I tend to be naive and gullible, I guess, but I try to believe that governments believe what they say.

I tend to be naive and gullible, I guess, but I try to believe that governments believe what they say.

James Hansen quotes: 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 quotes: Talking nice about sun and wind and green jobs is just greenwash.

Talking nice about sun and wind and green jobs is just greenwash.

James Hansen quotes: I think we have a very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change ... no longer than a decade, at the most.

I think we have a very brief window of opportunity to deal with climate change ... no longer than a decade, at the most.

James Hansen quotes: The fact is fossil fuel carbon will stay in the surface climate system for millennia.

The fact is fossil fuel carbon will stay in the surface climate system for millennia.

James Hansen quotes: 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 quotes: You can't tie a rope around the ice sheet. You can't build a wall around the ice sheets.

You can't tie a rope around the ice sheet. You can't build a wall around the ice sheets.

James Hansen quotes: I was lucky to grow up at a time when it was not difficult for the child of a tenant farmer to make his way to the state university.

I was lucky to grow up at a time when it was not difficult for the child of a tenant farmer to make his way to the state university.

James Hansen quotes: Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.

Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.

James Hansen quotes: The five warmest years over the last century occurred in the last eight years.

The five warmest years over the last century occurred in the last eight years.

James Hansen quotes: Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that.

Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that.

James Hansen quotes: 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.