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

~James Hansen

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

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We need to send a message to Congress and the president that we want them to take the actions that are needed to preserve climate for young people and future generations and all life on the planet.

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

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I have been described as the grandfather of climate change. In fact, I am just a grandfather and I do not want my grandchildren to say that grandpa understood what was happening but didn't make it clear.

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

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On a per capita basis, Britain is responsible for more of the carbon dioxide now in the atmosphere than any other nation on Earth because it has been burning it from the dawn of the Industrial Revolution.

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If your child gets asthma, the fossil fuel industry doesn't pay. Or if there's a natural disaster, the bill is paid by the taxpayer, not the fossil fuel company.

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Tipping points are so dangerous because if you pass them, the climate is out of humanity's control: if an ice sheet disintegrates and starts to slide into the ocean there's nothing we can do about that.

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The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Scientist

Born: March 29th, 1941

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