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Posted Wed Mar 18 2009: from Guardian (UK):
James Hansen: 'democratic process isn't working' http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1237404589
Protest and direct action could be the only way to tackle soaring carbon emissions, a leading climate scientist has said. James Hansen, a climate modeller with NASA, told the Guardian today that corporate lobbying has undermined democratic attempts to curb carbon pollution. "The democratic process doesn't quite seem to be working," he said. ... "The first action that people should take is to use the democratic process. What is frustrating people, me included, is that democratic action affects elections but what we get then from political leaders is greenwash.
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"Greenwash" is such a nicer term than bullgreenshit.

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