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NASAs Top Climate Scientist Retires to Activist Life

2013-04-03 20:22:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Environment News Service: Outspoken climate scientist James Hansen, director of NASA`s Goddard Institute for Space Studies, is retiring as director of the cutting-edge Earth climate research lab to devote more time to climate activism and scientific inquiry. In an email to the "New York Times" Monday, Hansen wrote that he is stepping down "so that I can spend full time on science, drawing attention to the implications for young people, and making clear what science says needs to be done." Dr. James Hansen with other...

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Hansen retires to push climate fight

2013-04-02 13:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

BBC: One of the leading voices on the science of global warming is to retire from Nasa this week to be more active in the fight against fossil fuels. Dr James E Hansen has been the head of the Goddard Institute for Space Research since 1981. He is sometimes called the "father of global warming" for his early warnings about the impacts of rising levels of greenhouse gases. But some critics say he has hampered the cause by overstating the risk. In the 1970s, Dr Hansen focused on studies and...

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James Hansen retires from science to spend more time with his politics

2013-04-02 13:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Guardian: Leading climate scientist James Hansen is to retire from Nasa this week, leaving him more time to spend working on political advocacy at state, federal and international levels. It's clearly a move made with political advocacy in mind. As the New York Times puts it: "At 72, he said, he feels a moral obligation to step up his activism in his remaining years." Hansen has long been a problem for those who believe science and politics should be separate. It'll be very interesting to see this all play...

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