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Keith Jackson says:
As I remember, when this came out the first time (in 2000) there were cries of outrage from the environmental activist community… the very idea that we might get by without destroying the world economy was complete heresy. Hansen was in grave danger of losing his guru status! I have long suspected that this very danger may well have had a hand in shaping his subsequent behavior.
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DirkH says:
It was not possible to get 1.2 bn USD a year for his employer NASA with the air pollution argument so he got the order to find something more in line with the UNIPCC’s mission, would be my guess.
http://notrickszone.com/2012/04/12/nasa-abdalatis-response-to-50-esteemed-professionals-is-managerial-negligence-an-embarrassment/#comment-92515
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/microsites/ostp/FY12-climate-fs.pdf
GISS – distorting science since 1971 (at least).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Schneider
“In 1971, Schneider was second author on a Science paper with S. I. Rasool titled “Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Aerosols: Effects of Large Increases on Global Climate” (Science 173, 138–141). ”
Schneider’s prediction: 3.5 degree C cooling through air pollution.