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.| Jim still uses gasoline and heats his home, I wager ... |
Speaking before Congress again, ...
| 'Again?' 'Again, Senator.' 'Couldn't we do something less painful? Maybe subpoena the Vice-President?' 'He'll never appear.' 'Great, just great. What earmark do I have to vote for to make this peasant go away?' |
He is also considering personally targeting members of Congress who have a poor track record on climate change in the coming November elections. He will campaign to have several of them unseated.
| Sounds like it's going to be a real stemwinder ... |
His sharpest words are reserved for the special interests he blames for public confusion about the nature of the global warming threat. 'The problem is not political will, it's the alligator shoes - the lobbyists. It's the fact that money talks in Washington, and that democracy is not working the way it's intended to work.'
| 'You should be listening to me! ME! ME-E-E-E-E-E-E!!!!!' |