Drilling Off-Shore Is A “Crazy Thing” Says NASA Scientist James Hansen (Climate Progress)

  (Climate Progress) -- Twenty years ago today, before he became America’s top climate scientist, NASA’s James Hansen was among the first to warn Congress and the nation about the dangerNs of human-caused global warming. For a new analysis of that testimony, see Grist here.

  Hansen just spoke at the National Press Club, which I attended. He is also giving a briefing to the House Select Committee on Energy Independence & Global Warming. Looks like C-SPAN will skip both. Sad.

  You can see look at his presentation and recent postings on his website. Here are some words of wisdom I took from his speech today:

  This is not a time to celebrate. [After getting a standing ovation.] Emissions just keep going up.

  You may have seen a lot of ads on TV about clean energy. It’s greenwashing.

  Contrary to what you may have read on some blogs -- we are not entering a global ice age. The world continues to warm even though we had a cold winter thanks mainly to La Niña.

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