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Earth was not quite as hot in 2011: NOAA
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[CTV.ca] - Both NASA climate scientist James Hansen and University of Victoria's Andrew Weaver said they expect that in the next few years the world will set yet a new record high temperature tied for the hottest on record. NOAA also released new figures
Google News: 2011 was ninth-warmest year since NASA
[Reuters AlertNet] - The first 11 years of the new century were notably hotter than the middle and late 20th century, according to institute director James Hansen. The only year from the 20th century that was among the top 10 warmest years was
Guardian: Revealed: Europe's plan to penalise Canada's tar sands goes Dutch
[The Guardian (blog)] - Nasa scientist James Hansen says if the oil sands were exploited as projected it would be "game over for the climate". The European proposal - the Fuel quality directive - is to designate transport fuel from tar sands as resulting in 22% more
Guardian: Time to get corporate cash out of Congress
[The Guardian] - Given that James Hansen, the government's premier climate scientist, had said that tapping Canada's tar sands for that pipeline would, in the end, essentially mean "game over for the climate", that seemed an eminently reasonable course to follow
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