James V. Hansen: “It should be pointed out they will suffer more from climate change than we will. They have a few hundred million people…”

By failing to place limitations on crop insurance subsidies and to re-attach soil erosion and wetland conservation requirements to crop insurance programs, the Committee has failed to do the full reform that is needed.

I think it is essential that we give back 100 percent of the money that we take in the tax.

You have to give all the money back to the public or they are not going to allow such a high tax.

The Obama administration is being forced into a political compromise. It has sacrificed a strong position on mountaintop removal in order to ensure the support of coal-state legislators for a climate bill.