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Dr. James Hansen is the chief climate scientist for NASA and the director of its Goddard Institute for Space Studies. In 1988, Hansen testified before Congress that he felt climate change was being caused by human greenhouse gas emissions. In June 2008, Hansen again went before Congress, this time calling for oil executives to be charged with crimes against humanity and the environment.
Hansen made headlines again in February 2009, when a video surfaced featuring him supporting an upcoming protest billed as "the largest mass civil disobedience for the climate in U.S. history." The Capitol Climate Action protest of global warming was scheduled for March 2, 2009, in Washington D.C.FOX News: NASA's Chief Climate Scientist Stirs Controversy... (February 26, 2009) Official Site: Capitol Climate Action
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- Name: James E. Hansen
- Born: March 29, 1941
- Birthplace: Denison, Iowa
- Alma Mater: University of Iowa
- B.A. in Physics and Mathematics, M.S. in Astronomy and Ph.D. in Physics
- Occupation: Climate scientist
- Director of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies
- 1988: Testified before Congress on climate change
- 1996: Elected to the National Academy of Sciences
- 2005: Claimed NASA and the Bush administration were trying to subvert his messageFOX News: NASA's Chief Climate Scientist Stirs Controversy... (February 26, 2009)
- 2009: Urged Americans to "take a stand on global warming" in a video for the Capitol Climate Action protestYouTube Video: A Call to Action on Global Warming from Dr. James Hansen (Time: 1:41)
- The video was posted on the website capitolclimateaction.org
- Critics say Hansen may have violated the Hatch ActFOX News: NASA's Chief Climate Scientist Stirs Controversy... (February 26, 2009)
- The Act prohibits federal employees "from participating in partisan political activity"FOX News: NASA's Chief Climate Scientist Stirs Controversy... (February 26, 2009)
- A NASA spokesperson said Hansen is acting as a "private citizen" in the matterFOX News: NASA's Chief Climate Scientist Stirs Controversy... (February 26, 2009)
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"We need to send a message to Congress and the president that we want them to take the actions that are needed to preserve climate for young people and future generations and all life on the planet."FOX News: NASA's Chief Climate Scientist Stirs Controversy... (February 26, 2009) -
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