We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points beyond which there is no redemption. – 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. – James Hansen
Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actions. Say you decide to buy a small, high-efficiency car. That reduces your emissions, but not your countrys. Instead it allows somebody else to buy a bigger S.U.V. – because the total emissions are set by the cap. – James Hansen
You have no time to do the science if youre talking to the media. – James Hansen
One of the first laws against air pollution came in 1300 when King Edward I decreed the death penalty for burning of coal. At least one execution for that offense is recorded. But economics triumphed over health considerations, and air pollution became an appalling problem in England. – Glenn T. Seaborg, Atomic Energy Commission chairman, speech, Argonne National La