It's been clear for quite some time that Global Warming/Climate Change "skeptics" are actually agents of disinformation funded mainly by Big Oil. Those so called skeptics are paid to muddy the waters and give cover to the corrupt politicians who have been blocking actions needed to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that are driving global warming.
Now a noted climate scientist says it's time to put those profit hungry Big Oil Boys on trial for putting the human race at risk.
Put oil firm chiefs on trial, says leading climate change scientist
· Testimony to US Congress will also criticise lobbyists
· 'Revolutionary' policies needed to tackle crisis
Ed Pilkington in New York
The Guardian,
Monday June 23, 2008
James Hansen, one of the world's leading climate scientists, will today call for the chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature, accusing them of actively spreading doubt about global warming in the same way that tobacco companies blurred the links between smoking and cancer. ...(more)
20 Year Anniversary of "Greenhouse Effect"
Jim Hansen - 20 Years of Climate Concerns
Dr. James Hansen, a veteran NASA climate expert, has been both lauded and criticized for moving beyond studying global warming to pressing lawmakers and the public to
end unfettered coal burning and build a nonpolluting energy system. I interviewed him 6.21.08 for a New York Times story and post and video on my Dot Earth blog.
More at nytimes.com/dotearth and nytimes.com/climate.Dr. Hansen's personal Web site is: columbia.edu/~jeh1.
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