Jail threats did not dissuade Martin Luther King - and intergenerational justice is a moral issue of comparable magnitude to civil rights. James Hansen civilcomparabledissuade Change image and share on social
Until the public demands otherwise, the policy makers will continue to serve their financiers. James Hansen continuedemandfinancier Change image and share on social
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 burnclearcreate Change image and share on social
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. James Hansen climatecontroldangerous share on social
It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them. James Hansen burncheapenergy Change image and share on social
Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism: it's not the kind of thing where you can compromise. James Hansen analogouschangechurchill Change image and share on social
You can't tie a rope around the ice sheet. You can't build a wall around the ice sheets. James Hansen buildicerope Change image and share on social
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. James Hansen atmospherebasisbritain share on social
The five warmest years over the last century occurred in the last eight years. James Hansen centuryoccurwarm Change image and share on social
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. James Hansen burnenergyfourth share on social
