James Hansen Quotes

A collection of quotes by James Hansen.

James Hansen is a renowned American climate scientist and activist, born on March 29, 1941. He served as the Director of the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies from 1981 to 2013 and has made significant contributions to our understanding of Earth's climate system. Alongside his scientific career, Hansen has been an influential figure in raising public awareness about climate change and advocating for sustainable solutions. He has received numerous awards and honors for his work and continues to actively engage in climate research and activism.

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

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

You have no time to do the science if you're talking to the

You have no time to do the science if you're talking to the media.

Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic

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 country's. Instead it allows somebody else to buy a bigger S.U.V. - because the total emissions are set by the cap.

What has become clear from the science is that we cannot bur

What has become clear from the science is that we cannot burn all of the fossil fuels without creating a very different planet.

With a fourth generation of nuclear power, you can have a te

With a fourth generation of nuclear power, you can have a technology that will burn more than 99 percent of the energy in the fuel. It would mean that you don't need to mine uranium for the next thousand years.

A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, a

A human being has been given an intellect to make choices, and we know there are other food sources that do not require the killing of a creature that would protest being killed.

Mary Tyler Moore

We are on the precipice of climate system tipping points bey

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

Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington

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