Funny stuff from Bradford Plumer: He actually suggests that climatologists don't do alarmism

The New Republic: Making A Big Deal Over Icebergs : NPR

Climatologists tend to be extremely cautious in these matters — which is why right-wing accusations that they're engaged in fraud or alarmism are so absurd.

Flashback: James Hansen: Coal-fired power plants are death factories. Close them | Comment is free | The Observer

Clearly, if we burn all fossil fuels, we will destroy the planet we know. Carbon dioxide would increase to 500 ppm or more. We would set the planet on a course to the ice-free state, with sea level 75 metres higher. Climatic disasters would occur continually.
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The trains carrying coal to power plants are death trains. Coal-fired power plants are factories of death. When I testified against the proposed Kingsnorth power plant, I estimated that in its lifetime it would be responsible for the extermination of about 400 species - its proportionate contribution to the number that would be committed to extinction if carbon dioxide rose another 100 ppm.