“Forget about having an identity crisis and get some identity capital. … Do something that adds value to who you are. Do something that's an investment in who you might want to be next.”
“Imagine a giant asteroid on a direct collision course with Earth. That is the equivalent of what we face now [with climate change], yet we dither.”
— James Hansen
James Hansen: Why I must speak out about climate change
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“It would be immoral to leave young people with a climate system spiraling out of control.”
— James Hansen
James Hansen: Why I must speak out about climate change
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