Climate change protesters' anger was justifiable, says Nasa Scientist

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Activists accused of conspiracy to trespass were arrested before they carried out plan to force E.ON's coal plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar to shut down

Tim Webb
guardian.co.uk, Monday 29 November 2010 20.58 GMT

The anger of 114 activists who planned to break into a coal plant near Nottingham was understandable because of the "lies" told by governments about climate change, Nasa's top scientist told the trial of 20 climate campaigners.

Professor James Hansen, the NASA scientist credited with doing the most to raise awareness of climate change, had flown from the US to be the star witness.

Twenty activists are accused of conspiracy to trespass on private property. They were arrested last Easter before the group were able to carry out their plan to force E.ON's coal plant at Ratcliffe-on-Soar to shut down for a week.

The activists claim that had they succeeded, 150,000 tonnes of CO2 would not have been emitted.

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http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/nov/29/climate-change-activists-trespass-charges

[joshcryer]

1. Rec for Hansen.

[pscot]

2. Hansen's been radicalized

[joshcryer]

3. Hansen has grandkids. Read Storms of my Grandchildren. Pretty intense stuff so far.

(I'm currently reading it and will probably make a post after I'm done.)

[Bigmack]

6. Great book from one of the only

GREAT MEN of our poor times...... Ms Bigmack

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[joshcryer]

5. Hansen is a citizen of the United States, he can act as he wishes outside of his work.

Indeed, NASA has very open policies with how their workers may operate. (Contractors excluded, since they work for corporations and have to do what the corporations tell them on top of what NASA says.)