Dr. James Hansen, Who "Should be Ashamed", Wins 2013 Ridenhour Courage Prize
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"On June 23, 1988, James Hansen, the then-director of NASA’s Institute for Space Studies, testified before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee. He stated that there was a strong cause and effect relationship between observed temperatures and human emissions into the atmosphere; that “the greenhouse effect is here.” It was the first time that a leading scientist had unequivocally articulated this position on such a public stage, and the following morning the New York Times headline read, “Global Warming Has Begun.”
Over the decades since, Hansen has used his stature as NASA’s top climate scientist to convincingly argue that climate change is the work of humans, and that “global warming isn’t a prediction. It is happening.”
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Dr. James Hansen, the 2013 recipient of The Ridenhour Courage Prize, was recognized for bravely and urgently telling the truth about climate change, even when the Bush administration tried to silence and penalize him as director of the Goddard Institute for Space Studies. Rather than giving in, or giving up, Dr. Hansen — one of the world’s most tireless and articulate activists — has courageously and continuously led the fight to save the planet ever since."
http://www.ridenhour.org/prizes_courage_2013.html
Canadian Oil Minister Joe Oliver was not considered for this year's prize.
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