OF PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS - What's A Realistic Goal for Cutting CO₂ Emissions?

(06/28/2017)

By Tony Russell taorivertony@gmail.com Last week the 29th anniversary of James Hansen's historic appearance before the U.S. Senate's Committee on Health & Natural Resources passed by virtually unnoticed. Hansen, a climate scientist with NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Studies, testified back on June 23, 1988, that "Global warming has reached a level such that we can ascribe with a high degree of confidence a cause and effect relationship between the greenhouse effect and observed warming." Hansen added, ''It is already happening now.'' To finish reading this column, to see earlier "Of Principalities and Powers" columns, or to post a comment, click on this link ofprincipalitiesandpowers I'd appreciate hearing from you about the columns. You can post a comment below the column on the website, or you can e-mail me directly at taorivertony@gmail.com If you like a column, consider posting a link on Facebook, your own blog, or any other social media you might use. Your help in reaching more readers would be welcome.

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