NASA Climate Scientist Says Its Time for Activism

James Hansen, a climate modeller with Nasa argues that corporate lobbying is undermining the democratic response to climate change.

 

Speaking on the eve of joining a protest against the headquarters of power firm E.ON in Coventry, Hansen said:

 "The first action that people should take is to use the democratic process. What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash.

"The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes. So, I'm not surprised that people are getting frustrated. I think that peaceful demonstration is not out of order, because we're running out of time."

Hansen said he was taking part in the Coventry demonstration tomorrow because he wants a worldwide moratorium on new coal power stations. E.ON wants to build such a station at Kingsnorth in Kent, UK.

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