"Almost, but not quite, too late" to fix global warming
Today, Dr. James E. Hansen, a climate scientist at NASA, will be testifying at a House committee hearing in Washington. His message: It is "almost, but not quite, too late" to start reducing what he calls the "global warming time bomb." Along with his somber message, he will offer a plan for emission cuts and also talk about the high risks of further inaction.Twenty years ago today, Hansen told a crowd at a Senate hearing that he was 99 percent certain that humans were warming the climate.
Hansen says the U.S. must increase efforts to exploit new sources of energy and to phase out fossil fuels, starting with a moratorium on building new coal-burning plants. According to Hansen, we also need a grid to distribute and store electricity from wind and solar power.
According the New York Times article, Hansen said he has no regrets about getting involved in policy but, "I only regret that we haven't gotten the story across as well as it needs to be, and I think we're running out of time."
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