NASA celebrity/scientist Hansen says US should accept 'major social and economic' change. NASA hacked 13 times in 2011. "The science is NOT settled." NASA to do Islamic outreach.
4/10/12, "Hansen and Schmidt of NASA GISS under fire for climate stance: Engineers, scientists, astronauts ask NASA administration to look at empirical evidence rather than climate models," WUWT, A. Watts
"Joint letter to NASA Administrator blasts agency’s policy of ignoring empirical evidence
HOUSTON, TX – April 10, 2012.
"49 former NASA scientists and astronauts sent a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden last week admonishing the agency for it’s role in advocating a high degree of certainty that man-made CO2 is a major cause of climate change while neglecting empirical evidence that calls the theory into question.
The group, which includes seven Apollo astronauts and two former directors of NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, are dismayed over the failure of NASA, and specifically the Goddard Institute For Space Studies (GISS), to make an objective assessment of all available scientific data on climate change. They charge that NASA is relying too heavily on complex climate models that have proven scientifically inadequate in predicting climate only one or two decades in advance.
H. Leighton Steward, chairman of the non-profit Plants Need CO2, noted that many of the former NASA scientists harbored doubts about the significance of the C02-climate change theory and have concerns over NASA’s advocacy on the issue. While making presentations in late 2011 to many of the signatories of the letter, Steward realized that the NASA scientists should make their concerns known to NASA and the GISS.
“These American heroes – the astronauts that took to space and the scientists and engineers that put them there – are simply stating their concern over NASA’s extreme advocacy for an unproven theory,” said Leighton Steward. “There’s a concern that if it turns out that CO2 is not a major cause of climate change, NASA will have put the reputation of NASA, NASA’s current and former employees, and even the very reputation of science itself at risk of public ridicule and distrust.”
Select excerpts from the letter:
- “The unbridled advocacy of CO2 being the major cause of climate change is unbecoming of NASA’s history of making an objective assessment of all available scientific data prior to making decisions or public statements.”
- “We believe the claims by NASA and GISS, that man-made carbon dioxide is having a catastrophic impact on global climate change are not substantiated.”
- “We request that NASA refrain from including unproven and unsupported remarks in its future releases and websites on this subject.”
The full text of the letter:
March 28, 2012
The Honorable Charles Bolden, Jr.
NASA Administrator
NASA Headquarters
Washington, D.C. 20546-0001
Dear Charlie,
We, the undersigned, respectfully request that NASA and the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) refrain from including unproven remarks in public releases and websites. We believe the claims by NASA and GISS, that man-made carbon dioxide is having a catastrophic impact on global climate change are not substantiated, especially when considering thousands of years of empirical data. With hundreds of well-known climate scientists and tens of thousands of other scientists publicly declaring their disbelief in the catastrophic forecasts, coming particularly from the GISS leadership, it is clear that the science is NOT settled....
For additional information regarding the science behind our concern, we recommend that you contact Harrison Schmitt or Walter Cunningham, or others they can recommend to you.Thank you for considering this request.
Sincerely,
(Attached signatures)
CC: Mr. John Grunsfeld, Associate Administrator for Science
CC: Ass Mr. Chris Scolese, Director, Goddard Space Flight Center
Ref: Letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, dated 3-26-12, regarding a request for NASA to refrain from making unsubstantiated claims that human produced CO2 is having a catastrophic impact on climate change."...
(List of names follows)
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Hansen freely admits it's not about 'climate,' rather "major social and economic changes." At least 3 top UN officials admit the same.
4/8/12, "Climate scientists are losing the public debate on global warming," UK Telegraph, Charles Gray
"He (NASA's Hansen) blamed sceptics who are opposed to major social and economic changes to reduce greenhouse gas emissions."...
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Among comments, all not actual 'climate scientists,' Harrison is affiliated with Heartland but as a geologist his cred holds up well; and interesting as always is
- high profile people speak up more and more on this issue
but often near or after retirement. Meaning they could not speak up during their active career:
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"Frank Lansner says:
Why do you not wonder how come so many engineers and scientists happen to speak out only when they are retired?? Think!
The fact that people wait until after retirement to speak out should us all even more concerned of what is going on in climate “science”."
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A reminder – Harrison Schmitt is on the Board of Directors of the Heartland Institute, so some people might consider him tainted. Personally, after talking with him for a while at the Chicago ICCC, he’s managed to remain a very personable, and (dare I say it) “down to Earth” demeanor. He’s also the only geologist to reach the Moon, and geologists have a much better “world view” about the impacts of climate change than people from any other branch of science."
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"Dozens of NASA retirees — including former Sen. Harrison Schmitt and seven other astronauts — want to make it clear that outspoken climate scientist James Hansen doesn't speak for them. The coalition has sent a letter to NASA Administrator Charles Bolden voicing their doubts about the connection between human carbon emissions and global warming and asking that the agency back off its advocacy efforts. Darren “Han Solo” Goode has the story for Pros: http://politico.pro/Hpefnk" (subscrip.)
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above image from NJ Watchdog
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10/6/10, "Hal Lewis: My Resignation From The American Physical Society," Hal Lewis, Emeritus Professor, GWPF
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4/1/11, "Politically incorrect prof. may lose his job," Donna Laframboise
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7/30/08, "Green Guilt," Capital Research Center, Eric Heidenreich
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10/12/10, "A carbon trading system draws environmental skeptics," New York Times, Patricia Brett
UN environmental consultant says fraud in UN carbon trading can't be fixed, is interwoven in too many public and private sector jobs including the World Bank and the UN. And, "there is
- nobody in that world that is critical of the process because they are all making their living off it.”"...
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UN personnel immune from criminal and civil prosecution:
4/16/09, "Report: U.N. spent U.S. funds on shoddy projects," USA Today, Ken Dilanian
"Federal prosecutors in New York City were forced to drop criminal and civil cases because the U.N. officials have immunity, according to the report."...(para. 4) ....
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3/2/12, "NASA says it was hacked 13 times last year," Reuters
"NASA said hackers broke into its computer systems 13 times last year, stealing employee credentials and gaining access to mission-critical projects in breaches that could compromise U.S. national security."...
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2/16/10, "NASA plans more outreach to Muslim countries," Orlando Sentinel, M. Matthews
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June, 2010, NASA's James Hansen, a climate celebrity, is awarded a $550,000.00 prize for steering climate information into the realm of "public policy."
(Hansen's prize monies are above and beyond what he makes as an employee of the US taxpayer). ed.
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