Sunday, June 22, 2008

Global Warming Guru Says 'Put Oil Firm Chiefs on Trial"

James Hanson, NASA bigwig who leads the charge against those pesky CO2 molecules, has called for the chief executives of the large oil companies to be put on trial for 'spreading doubt about global warming'


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.
Hansen will use the symbolically charged 20th anniversary of his groundbreaking speech to the US Congress - in which he was among the first to sound the alarm over the reality of global warming - to argue that radical steps need to be taken immediately if the "perfect storm" of irreversible climate change is not to become inevitable.
Speaking before Congress again, he will accuse the chief executive officers of companies such as ExxonMobil and Peabody Energy of being fully aware of the disinformation about climate change they are spreading.

Of course, we're not going to let something as insignificant as the First Amendment to get in our way when were all about to be immolated, are we James?

How about re-education camps for thickheaded bloggers like me who fail to see the light?

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