James Hansen, author of "Storms of My Grandchildren: The Truth About The Coming Climate Catastrophe and Our Last Chance to Save Humanity", recently announced his retirement from his position as director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies. My friend John Abraham write's about Hansen's retirement in his inaugural* post in the new blog "Climate Consensus - The 97%" ...
What does this mean for climate science and the future of the Earth? It is impossible to know now but instead of looking forward, I want to shine a light on what Jim has done for climate science, what he signifies to the larger public, and how he is viewed by current and upcoming scientists.
John's post is here: What's climate scientist James Hansen's legacy? As the scientist 'retires' from his duties at Nasa, John Abraham assesses the impact of a climate change leader. Ho have a look.
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*An earlier post at the Guardian by John has been prepended to this new blog, but this is the first post by him since the blog came into existence last week.
Photo from the Guardian story.
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In James Hansen's "An Honest, Effective Path" he is calling for the stoppage of operation of those coal-powered plants because of its great contribution to the negative climate change. It is my opinion that it cannot be stopped because of greed and political quid pro quo.