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Dec. 14, 2015 / 2:53 AM
Climate science pioneer calls Paris climate agreement "a fraud"
By
Shawn Price
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- A former NASA scientist and climate science pioneer declared the climate agreement reached in Paris "a fraud."
James Hansen, one of the first scientists to put climate change in to public consciousness has come out against the Paris climate talks, declaring the summit of 195 nations has been nothing more than an empty gesture.
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"It's a fraud really, a fake," Hansen told The Guardian hours before Sunday's agreement to cut emissions. "It's just [expletive] for them to say: 'We'll have a 2C warming target and then try to do a little better every five years.' It's just worthless words. There is no action, just promises. As long as fossil fuels appear to be the cheapest fuels out there, they will be continued to be burned."
https://www.upi.com/Science_News/2015/12/14/Climate-science-pioneer-calls-Paris-climate-agreement-a-fraud/4891450052839/
