Posts from — February 2009

James Hansen has promised to join the greatest US civil disobedience ever that will take place at the Capitol Power Plant in Washington D.C on March 2d. The event, known as the Capitol Climate Action (CCA), is said to be the largest mass mobilization on global warming in the country’s history.

“The Capitol Climate Action comes not a moment too soon. For more than thirty years, scientists, environmentalists and people from all walks of life have urged our leaders to take action to stop global warming; and that action has yet to come,” said James Hansen. “The world is waiting for the Obama administration and Congress to lead the way forward on this defining issue of our time. They need to start by getting coal out of Congress.”

The question is, what does NASA say about James Hansen’s deep engagement in climate action?

The snowcapped Mount Asama, northwest of Tokyo, erupted early this morning, sending up a huge plume of smoke and ash. I guess that’s gonna ruin Japan’s emission targets.

According to an article in The Guardian, personal CO2-quotas could soon be introduced in Britain. If the warmists get their way, that is. These personal carbon allowances would set a limit on every individual’s emissions, thus “stimulating” switching to greener products and services.

“Last year, a report by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) effectively dismissed personal carbon trading after consultants estimated it would cost £700m-2bn to set up and £1bn-2bn a year to run, therefore “outweighing by many times” any benefits in changing public behaviour.”

However, this has not stopped the activists from promoting the scheme.

“Some people will adopt greener living because they think it’s the right thing to do, but the bulk of the population need to feel that they are part of a movement,” said Matt Prescott, project director for the Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce (RSA).

Last year, the environmental audit committee of MPs said carbon trading “might be the kind of radical measure needed to bring about behaviour change”.

Now, the question is, would everyone be given the same emission limit, or would some animals be more equal than the others?