James Hansen

“This is the last chance. We have to act now.”

“The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains. Coal-fired power plants are factories of death.”

“We are on a path to a different planet.”

“The science is crystal clear: we are in a planet-wide crisis.”

“We can't burn all the fossil fuels. We have to leave them in the ground.”

“The special interests have a stranglehold on our politicians.”

“Global warming isn't a prediction. It is happening.”

“What is clear is that burning all the fossil fuels will destroy the planet we know.”

“Our parents did not know that their actions were affecting the climate. We know.”

“The democratic process doesn't seem to be working.”

“The climate crisis is not a political issue, it is a moral issue.”

“We have a planetary emergency.”

“We are handing our children a planet that is in peril.”

“A carbon fee and dividend is the only realistic way to get a rapid reduction in fossil fuel use.”

“We are now in a period of consequences.”

“If humanity wishes to preserve a planet similar to that on which civilization developed... CO2 will need to be reduced to at most 350 ppm.”