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Hansen has penchant for absurdity, so it isn’t too hard to argue he’s an extremist. For example, he wants the CEOs of ExxonMobil and other energy firms tried for “high crimes against humanity and nature.” (Ever the attorney, my wife was quite curious about what counts as a crime against nature.)

Hansen also testified on behalf of six Greenpeace activists who caused $60,000 of damage to a coal plant in England. Ever the pragmatist, Hansen wants to shut down ever coal-fired energy plant in the world in the next 20 years.

All right, so how is the New Yorker going to convince me that Hansen is actually a hero instead of crank? To the credit of Elizabeth Kolbert, she actually begins the article by compiling many of the same absurdities that Goldfarb catalogued. But she also devotes a lot of space to lavish praise of Hansen’s scientific work by many of his prominent colleagues. He may sound like Chicken Little, they say, but his warnings up until now have been prophetic.

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[A whole lot of climate realism in the comment section here:] House Passes Milestone Climate Change Bill - ABC News

The measure now heads to the U.S. Senate where it faces a steep uphill battle based on concerns that it will raise energy costs...

Final Vote Results for Roll Call 477