Category Archives: James Hansen

Hansen unleashed: people he disagrees with are ‘neanderthals’

Posted on April 27, 2013 by

Dr. James Hansen, now no longer on a leash under NASA policy, has started what I expect will be the first of many ugly comments and actions in his new role as activist. Niall from Canada writes in asking for … Continue reading →

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Canada’s Resources Minister Calls Out Jim Hansen

Posted on April 25, 2013 by

Retired NASA GISS chief James Hansen is Slagging Canada’s Oil Sands Again Canada’s Environment *Resources Minister Joe Oliver is calling out Jim Hansen for exaggerating claims that the oil sands and Keystone XL pipeline is “game over for the environment.” … Continue reading →

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Climate Craziness of the Week: James Hansen’s human free vision of the future

Posted on April 17, 2013 by

When I was a kid, I’d watch cartoons with mad scientists running amok and causing trouble. As an adult, I observed that there actually aren’t any mad scientists. Now, after reading Dr. James Hansen’s latest essay, I’m not so sure … Continue reading →

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Hansen finally ‘Muzzled’ by Obama?

Posted on April 8, 2013 by

Hansen’s resignation from NASA GISS may not be what it seems Guest Post by Chris Horner, CEI So, NASA’s in-house celebrity activist James Hansen says the following in explaining his departure from a lucrative perch — salary alone: $180k per … Continue reading →

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BREAKING: James Hansen to leave NASA to be full time activist

Posted on April 1, 2013 by

I checked first, thinking this was some April Fools joke, it appears legit. (h/t to Tom Nelson and Skiphil) Climate Alarmist Jim Hansen leaving NASA on Wed. to devote himself to legal and political activism: Hansen retiring from NASA to … Continue reading →

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James Hansen’s Policies Are Shafting The Poor

Posted on March 15, 2013 by

Guest Post by Willis Eschenbach I was reading an interview with Adrian Bejan (worth taking a look at), and I got to musing about his comments regarding the relationship between energy use and per capita income. So I pulled up … Continue reading →

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“A [Junk] Scientist’s Misguided Crusade” Against the Keystone XL Pipeline

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

Guest Post by David Middleton More improper activity from the Million Dollar Bureaucrat… A Scientist’s Misguided Crusade By JOE NOCERA Published: March 4, 2013 Last Friday, at 3:40 p.m., the State Department released its “Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement” for … Continue reading →

Posted in Alarmism, Energy, Environment, James Hansen, NASA GISS, petroleum, Politics | Tagged , , , , , , , | 47 Comments

Global Warming to Endanger Breakfast by 2080!!!

Posted on February 27, 2013 by

Guest Post by David Middleton First it was wheat and now it’s coffee. What’s next? Bacon & eggs? This is nothing but alarmist nonsense… Researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew and the Environment and Coffee Forest Forum in … Continue reading →

Posted in Agriculture, Alarmism, Carbon dioxide, IPCC, James Hansen, Positive effects of CO2, Temperature | Tagged , , , | 61 Comments

Pot, Kettle, James Hansen, censorship, NASA and EPA

Posted on February 21, 2013 by

Readers may recall this oh so terrible squashing of free speech by the White House limiting NASA public employee Dr. James Hansen’s ability to talk to the media. It seems that the issue has been repeated today, but there’s a … Continue reading →

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Quote of the Week – NYT on James Hansen & Bill McKibben’s ‘boneheaded’ efforts

Posted on February 19, 2013 by

Whoo-boy. NASA’s James Hansen disses McKibben in an email to an NYT reporter. Hansen was speaking candidly, never thinking this email would see the light of day. But that’s not the punchline… Hansen on the highly inflated 350.org Keystone XL … Continue reading →

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Keystone XL: NASA’s James Hansen risks arrest…. again

Posted on February 13, 2013 by

From @connect in my Twitter feed today: I count 39 in this photo, including half bodies at far left. IMHO, 39 angry activists don’t speak for the country. Hansen, seen standing at far left in the grey fedora, keeps coming … Continue reading →

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Newsbytes: Hansen’s 4 year doom cycle gets rebooted

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

WUWT readers may recall this from 2009: Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science, but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires, and crippling drought, and more powerful storms… That is how we will preserve our … Continue reading →

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The NYT corrects a global temperature mistake – meanwhile, James Hansen’s ‘Jor-el’ complex worsens

Posted on January 20, 2013 by

First, here is a letter from Harold Ambler which went ignored, he writes: When I found a rather major error in a New York Times article about climate change, I took the trouble to write the editors. I did so … Continue reading →

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Hansen’s NASA GISS – cooling the past, warming the present

Posted on January 18, 2013 by

The Climate of Gavin: How GISS Have Changed The Temperature Record Since 2008 Guest post by Paul Homewood I ran a post yesterday, showing how the latest version of GISSTEMP had changed from using Hadley/Reynolds to ERSST for ocean temperatures, with … Continue reading →

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Quote of the week – Hansen concedes the age of flatness

Posted on January 16, 2013 by

Dr. James Hansen and Reto Ruedy of NASA GISS have written a paper (non peer reviewed) with a remarkable admission in it. It is titled Global Temperature Update Through 2012. Here is the money quote, which pretty much ends the caterwauling … Continue reading →

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Unloading James Hansen’s Climate Dice

Posted on October 1, 2012 by

Guest post by Chip Knappenberger, originally on Master Resource “Today’s temperature ‘extremes’ are simply yesterday’s extremes warmed up a bit, partly from the heat-island effect. But they are not new events…. Hansen’s push on weather extremes is another case where the … Continue reading →

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Hansen’s Temperature Analysis: Today’s Normal is Yesterday’s Extreme–and Nobody Cares

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

From Master Resource, by Chip Knappenberger Yesteryear’s climate extremes are today’s climate normals. Yet we are largely oblivious and better off. A hundred years from now the same will be true. Ho hum…. But not everyone thinks this way. Take … Continue reading →

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Blog Memo to James Hansen Regarding GISS Southern Hemisphere Land Surface Temperature Data

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

Guest post by Bob Tisdale Date: August 16, 2012 Subject: Southern Hemisphere GISS LOTI Land Surface Temperature Anomaly Data From: Bob Tisdale To: James Hansen – GISS Dear James: I discovered what appear to be an atypical upward step and … Continue reading →

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Never before published paper on UHI and siting – Goodridge 1987

Posted on August 16, 2012 by

Plus answers to yesterday’s Fun puzzle: Name these official stations. Given that California Governor Jerry Brown has recently setup a website at the governor’s office basically telling skeptics to “shut up” I thought this would be a good time to … Continue reading →

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Martin Hoerling on James Hansen’s ‘game over’ thinking

Posted on August 13, 2012 by

This is a word document prepared by Dr. Martin Hoerling of NOAA and provided to the New York Times is response to Dr. James Hansen’s “Game Over for The Climate” essay. Since much of the full response has not seen … Continue reading →

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