by David Sassoon -
Jun 20th, 2008 
On June 23, 1988, Dr. James Hansen provided testimony before Congress, stating unequivocally for the first time that global temperatures had risen beyond the range of natural variability.
To mark the 20th anniversary of the testimony, he's been invited back to the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming to give a briefing on his vision for confronting the climate challenge, and he's also been invited to a special luncheon at the National Press Club in Washington, where he will also speak.
It will be a day to recognize Dr. Hansen, the science he practices, the courage he exhibits; but it will also be a day for Congress and the nation to realize that in order to depart from business-as-usual and reduce carbon emissions, we must abandon politics-as-usual. We've seen what 20 years of it can do.
Nothing.
And with the last seven and a half years particularly egregious and awash in oil and blood, maybe this time, Congress and the nation will listen to what Dr. Hansen has to say.
Happy anniversary.
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