James Hansen, Today’s Cassandra
Wednesday, June 23, 2010 — Twenty-two years ago today James Hansen testified before Congress that the world’s climate was changing, and we had better do something about it. Two years ago he appeared before Congress again, reiterated his message of two decades earler, and added that we had used up whatever slack time we may have had. Aside from additional climatological studies, the only significant development during this period has been the growth of a climate change denial industry. The National Academy of Sciences has now published a paper, “Expert credibility in climate change,” finding that “97–98% of the climate researchers most actively publishing in …