The 60 minutes video was really interesting and again shows why politicians cannot be trusted. In the video a NASA scientist named James Hansen, one of the world’s leading researchers on global climate change, is being interviewed. He spends the majority of his time talking about how our politicians are going out of their way to cover up the accelerating global warming. His research shows that both the melting in the arctic and Antarctic has increased and is accelerating as we continue to burn fossil fuels that pump out greenhouse gases. He says we have a maximum of ten years until we reach the tipping point, a point at which irrevocable damage will be done and global warming becomes unstoppable. As Hansen began trying to alert the public, the White House began censoring all climate related research. The White House acknowledges that climate change is happening, but will not allow the full extent of the damage done to be exposed to the public. After being hushed by the White House Hansen made a public announcement criticizing the Bush administration, since his public criticism, NASA has been keeping an eye on Hansen and hardly allowing him to speak on the subject. The main villain behind the censorship of global warming is Phil Coonet, the man responsible for editing all documents sent to congress. On all of the edited documents concerning the accelerating global warming handwritten notes, such as “there is too much uncertainty on the subject” or “further research is required” would be added in and the facts erased from the bill.
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