Comments on: Dr. James Hansen Retiring From NASA to Fight Global Warming https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/04/05/dr-james-hansen-retiring-from-nasa-to-fight-global-warming/ Just another WordPress site Wed, 14 Feb 2024 02:06:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Science Magazine https://www.frackcheckwv.net/2013/04/05/dr-james-hansen-retiring-from-nasa-to-fight-global-warming/#comment-28889 Science Magazine Sat, 06 Apr 2013 03:06:31 +0000 http://www.frackcheckwv.net/?p=8005#comment-28889 F. Sherwood Rowland was a central figure in the late–20th-century controversy about the effect of chlorofluorocarbons on stratospheric ozone. For years, he engaged audiences ranging from students to members of the U.S. Congress. As an exemplary scientist-citizen, his focus eventually led to the worldwide ban on these compounds. Rowland spoke to all scientist-citizens when he asked: “Isn't it the responsibility of scientists, if you believe that you have found something that can affect the environment, isn't it your responsibility to do something about it, enough so that action actually takes place?…If not us, who? If not now, when?”. § .. .. We pose these same questions and ask you to join the conversations now. SEE FULL STORY: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/340/6128/9.full F. Sherwood Rowland was a central figure in the late–20th-century controversy about the effect of chlorofluorocarbons on stratospheric ozone. For years, he engaged audiences ranging from students to members of the U.S. Congress. As an exemplary scientist-citizen, his focus eventually led to the worldwide ban on these compounds. Rowland spoke to all scientist-citizens when he asked: “Isn’t it the responsibility of scientists, if you believe that you have found something that can affect the environment, isn’t it your responsibility to do something about it, enough so that action actually takes place?…If not us, who? If not now, when?”. § .. .. We pose these same questions and ask you to join the conversations now.

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