Topic: James Hansen

The hosts compare the global warming narrative to the 2009 swine flu pandemic, noting that the death toll was lower than the seasonal flu. They also discuss James Hansen, the NASA scientist credited with starting the global warming movement in 1988. Hansen's recent arrest with actress Darryl Hannah while protesting the coal industry is cited as evidence of his transition from scientist to activist.

Al Gore appears on CNN with Christiane Amanpour, using "Oppenheimer-era" atomic bomb analogies to describe global heat trapping. The discussion covers new IRS rules allowing small businesses to sell energy tax credits, a provision of the Inflation Reduction Act. The hosts remain skeptical of claims that inflation is cooling, arguing that interest rates should be raised rather than cut.

Critics revisit NASA scientist James Hansen's 1988 prediction that New York's West Side Highway would be underwater within 40 years due to CO2 doubling. Skeptics point out that after 25 years, sea levels have only risen one inch, leaving nearly ten feet of rise required to meet the prediction. Meanwhile, current NASA reports cite record-breaking heat waves, which scientists attribute to "heat domes" trapping warmer air.

Former NASA climate scientist James Hansen released a report warning that sea levels could rise by 10 to 15 feet within the next century, potentially making major coastal cities uninhabitable. The discussion covers record-breaking heat in June 2015 and heat-related deaths in Pakistan and India. It also critiques climate activism from figures like Hans-Joachim Schellenhuber, Pope Francis, and Arnold Schwarzenegger, who called for a "crusade" for clean energy.

The documentary *Pandora's Promise* features environmentalists who have shifted their stance to support nuclear energy as a solution to climate change. During a CNN segment, director Robert Stone clashed with Van Jones over the cost and safety of nuclear power. Jones argued for a carbon tax or cap-and-trade system, while Stone highlighted advanced reactor technologies that consume their own waste and cannot melt down.

Climate scientist James Hansen and other activists wrote an open letter to President Rafael Correa of Ecuador, urging him not to drill for oil in the Amazon. Ecuador had previously offered to leave the oil in the ground if the international community provided $3.6 billion in compensation, but the initiative failed to attract sufficient funds. The hosts discuss the economic reality of poor nations choosing resource extraction over environmental preservation.

NASA scientist James Hansen is set to deliver a lecture in Edinburgh calling for a rising fee on carbon emissions. The hosts play a dramatic PSA about climate change that suggests "everything disappears" as the planet warms, which they dismiss as alarmist "blather" intended to influence policy at the upcoming Rio summit.

NASA is accused of "sexing up" climate data and refudging numbers after a Canadian statistician, Stephen McIntyre, identified errors in US temperature records. Senators Vitter and Inhofe have reportedly requested that the NASA Inspector General protect documents related to internal discussions on data corrections and the influence of radical alarmism.

Retired NASA scientist John Theon has publicly criticized his former subordinate, James Hansen, calling his man-made global warming claims an embarrassment to the agency. The discussion covers Hansen's recent arrest during a coal protest with Daryl Hannah and the validity of climate models used to support environmental policy.