The Great Beyond: Hansen backs power station damagers

The closest thing climate science has to a super-star scientist (vice president ‘Ali G’ doesn’t count) has turned up at a court in the UK to defend six activists who damaged a power station.

James Hansen, who heads up NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, is backing the Greenpeace protesters, who claim that climate change is a excuse for the damage they caused to a chimney during a protest (see Climate fights trump property rights, claims Greenpeace). According to the Guardian, Hanson said he agreed with Gore’s line that more people should chain themselves to coal power stations to stop carbon dioxide emissions.
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Hansen is famous for his 1980s testimony to the US government on global warming, his staunch opposition to both the Clinton and Bush administration stances on climate issues, and – if you’re the BBC – being Al Gore’s advisor.

From this BBC link:

Nasa expert meets Kingsnorth duo

A top climate change scientist and adviser to Al Gore is meeting activists opposed to plans to build a new coal-fired power station in Kent.

James Hansen, head of Nasa's Goddard Institute for Space Studies in the USA, will discuss their concerns about the proposed plant at Kingsnorth.

Dr Hansen last year wrote to Gordon Brown urging him to reject Kingsnorth.