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Mark Jacobson to James Hansen: Nukes Are Not Needed to Solve World's Climate ...

EcoWatch - ‎Jan 4, 2016‎
Dr. James Hansen argues that nuclear power “must” play an important role in the future. However, there is no scientific basis for this statement and his claim does not address the problems with nuclear power identified by the international community.
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Double dilemma for Paris climate deal

eco-business.com - ‎Jan 3, 2016‎
Within days of the conclusion of the Paris Agreement at the UN talks in mid-December, two leading US scientists have cast serious doubt on its ability to avert dangerous levels of climate change. One, James Hansen, says that to think world leaders are ...

AFTER THE CLIMATE DEAL

Folio Weekly - ‎Jan 1, 2016‎
A galvanizing moment in community organizing history that crystallized what is at stake for the future of the planet happened when Dr.

4 Myths About How to Deal With Climate Change Effectively

Huffington Post - ‎Dec 30, 2015‎
HONG KONG -- The world recently agreed to a new climate framework, and opinions flooded in immediately. Views crossed the spectrum from Jeffrey Sachs, who called Paris "an act of true global cooperation of historic significance," to James Hansen, who ...

Caldeira, Emanuel, Wigley, and Hansen Statement at COP 21 on December 4, 2015

Energy Collective - ‎Dec 28, 2015‎
On December 4, 2015, during COP21, Energy for Humanity hosted a press conference at which four leading climate scientists provided statements explaining why they believe that nuclear energy must be included in the effort to reduce CO2 emissions from ...

The great human benefit of fossil fuels

Tribune-Review - ‎Dec 26, 2015‎
A good bet is that economic damage will in fact be done, but less than if people like Hansen had their way, and maybe not enough to disable important innovations better helping to avoid the worst climate eventualities. Jay Ambrose, former editor of the ...

Talk won't curb emissions

The Spokesman Review (registration) - ‎Dec 23, 2015‎
Climate scientist, James Hansen, believes the COP21 Accord constitutes a “fraud” because it merely provides promises and no actions for preventing global temperature increases of more than 3.6 degrees F. I agree that promises of this sort are meaningless.

James E. Hansen and Peter Sarsgaard on Climate Change and Karma

New York Times - ‎Dec 23, 2015‎
With that - and the coming of 2016 - in mind, here's an alternative (or better, an addition) to gallery going: a conversation between James E. Hansen, the renowned scientist whose testimony before congressional committees on climate change in 1988 ...
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Hispanic kid is suing Obama over climate change

Hola Arkansas - ‎Dec 23, 2015‎
... become a climate change activist at age 6 when he saw an environmental documentary. Now 15, who is a hip-hop artist Coloradan and activist inspired by Aztec traditions, and is one of 21 young activists joining climate scientist James Hansen in ...

Renewables Steal Thunder From COP21

CounterPunch - ‎Dec 23, 2015‎
Some of the world's foremost climate scientists and climate change experts such as Dr. James Hansen labeled COP21 “a fraud” with “no action, just promises.

Paris carbon reduction agreement

The Rock River Times - ‎Dec 22, 2015‎
Dr. James Hanson, the most outspoken scientist on the need to reduce carbon emission who testified before Congress in 1988 on the dangers of climate change, expressed his disappointment regarding the recent accord. In an interview published in The ...
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