[GPSCC-chat] 25th Anniversary next month of Hansen testimony

[Gerry Gras]

The 25th anniversary of James Hansen testimony to
Congress about climate change is just next month:
http://www.nytimes.com/1988/06/24/us/global-warming-has-begun-expert-tells-senate.html

It seems to me that this provides a messaging opportunity!

Gerry

P.S. I don't know for sure whether this was Hansen's
FIRST testimony to Congress, but it seems to be.
http://grist.org/article/a-climate-hero-the-early-years/

P.P.S. This was not the first warning about climate change,
for example:

 From 1977:
http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=12024&page=R8
"The principal conclusion of this study is that the primary limiting 
factor on energy production from fossil fuels over the next few 
centuries may turn out to be the climatic effects of the release of 
carbon dioxide."