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Adding CO2 to the air is like throwing another blanket on the bed.

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adding , air , like
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As a government employee, you can't testify against the government.

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government , testify , against
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As species are exterminated by shifting climate zones, ecosystems can collapse, destroying more species.

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species , shifting , climate
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Climate change is analogous to Lincoln and slavery or Churchill and Nazism it's not the kind of thing where you can compromise.

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climate , change , lincoln
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Consider the perverse effect cap and trade has on altruistic actions. Say you decide to buy a small, high-efficiency car. That reduces your emissions, but not your country's. Instead it allows somebody else to buy a bigger S.U.V. - Because the total emissions are set by the cap.

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

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global , warming
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I tend to be naive and gullible, I guess, but I try to believe that governments believe what they say.

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tend , naive , try
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I was lucky to grow up at a time when it was not difficult for the child of a tenant farmer to make his way to the state university.

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lucky , grow , up
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I've tried to be a straight scientist doing the science and reporting it as best I can.

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science
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It's as certain that as long as fossil fuels are the cheapest energy, we will just keep burning them.

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certain , long , fossil
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Money has too big an influence on our politics in Washington and somehow we need to do something about that.

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politics
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Some Democrats deserve to be criticized.

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some , democrats , deserve
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Talking nice about sun and wind and green jobs is just greenwash.

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talking , nice , sun
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The democratic process is supposed to be one person one vote, but it turns out that money is talking louder than the votes.

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democratic , process , supposed
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The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.

James Hansen
evidence , climate , change