James Hansen, director of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, has spent the better part of his career trying to alert people and governments about the consequences of climate change. In this essay, Hansen describes his frustration with the New York Times and their columnist, Paul Krugman, when it comes to the climate controversy. The People vs. Cap-and-Trade The public is largely... [Read more]

James Hansen, director of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Adjunct Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Columbia University’s Earth Institute, has spent the better part of his career trying to get people and governments to recognize the consequences of climate change.  In an Op-Ed in the New York Times on 6 December, Jim wrote about the danger of the climate talks taking place right now in Copenhagen devolving into what... [Read more]