Dr. James Hansen receives the Heinz Award in the Environment for his exemplary leadership in the critical and often-contentious debate over the threat of global climate change. The theory that industrial pollution continues to create an atmospheric “greenhouse effect” or warming has pitted scientist against scientist and politician against politician. In the eye of the storm that swirls around this issue is Dr. Hansen. He calmly pursues his research while scrupulously maintaining his scientific credibility and modifying his views as new data and techniques have become available, all the while acting as a messenger from the esoteric world of computer climate models to the public and policymakers alike.
Not discouraged, however, Dr. Hansen has gone further out on a limb, and has now issued a challenge to our presidential candidates. He wants all the 2008 candidates to sign a 'Declaration of Stewardship for the Earth and all Creation.' (Bold in the original). Dr. Hansen is out to Save the Planet from the fires and floods that he is sure will come, unless we all repent, as per specs.
Here's the Hansen Declaration for our presidential candidates to sign.
"Whereas the climate system is nearing tipping points with likely devastating consequences for much of creation;
Whereas the responsibility of the United States for excess CO2 in the air exceeds that of any other nation by more than a factor of three;
Whereas the rest of the world cannot be expected to take needed actions until the United States exercises responsibility and leadership;
Whereas, some lawmakers and executives in the United States appear to be unduly swayed by special interests;
It therefore becomes important for citizens to be keenly aware of the position regarding global warming of all candidates for election."
Hansen: US Democracy Not Competent To Deal With Global Warming, Calls on Communist China to “Save Humanity”
The NASA scientist at the heart of the global warming fiasco seems set to stir more controversy after declaring in an op ed piece for The South China Morning Post and a personally published follow-up that American democracy is not competent to deal with global warming, and communist China now represents the world’s “best hope”.
In the op ed piece for the Chinese newspaper, which he entitled Chinese Leadership Needed to Save Humanity (published as The Price of Change) Hansen placed the blame for the vast majority of Co2 emissions supposedly causing global warming on his home country of America, and appealed to China not to follow the same path. Hansen said that China was the world’s “best hope” and called for them to “lead the world through the most dangerous crisis that humanity and nature have ever faced”.
In a follow-up article published on his website Hansen calls Americans “barbarians” and slams American democracy, calling for China to raise tariffs on American-made products until such time as America falls into line.
Hansen democracy not competent
