Link: www.theguardian.com/...
James Hansen didn’t mince words regarding the Paris climate agreement:
“It’s a fraud really, a fake,” he says, rubbing his head. “It’s just bullshit for them to say: ‘We’ll have a 2C warming target and then try to do a little better every five years.’ It’s just worthless words. There is no action, just promises. As long as fossil fuels appear to be the cheapest fuels out there, they will be continued to be burned.”
He did have a better solution:
Hansen, 74, has just returned from Paris where he again called for a price to be placed on each tonne of carbon from major emitters (he’s suggested a “fee” – because “taxes scare people off” – of $15 a tonne that would rise $10 a year and bring in $600bn in the US alone). There aren’t many takers, even among “big green” as Hansen labels environment groups.
Hmm. Great minds think alike, huh?
Bernie introduces legislation for $15/ton carbon pollution fee starting in 2017.
Hansen had these thoughts about Obama’s performance:
“We all foolishly had such high hopes for Obama, to articulate things, to be like Roosevelt and have fireside chats to explain to the public why we need to have a rising fee on carbon in order to move to clean energy,” he says. “But he’s not particularly good at that. He didn’t make it a priority and now it’s too late for him.”
How is Hillary any different?
There is only ONE choice for President to REALLY affect the climate change action we need: Bernie Sanders.
VOTE BERNIE SANDERS: THE ONLY candidate for REAL climate action!