Read more Jim Hansen stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/34509/jim-hansen.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:20:36 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48244/obama-has-4-years-to-save-planet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCarbon levels are skyrocketing, ice caps are melting, and global flooding is on its way if Barack Obama doesn’t do something about it, and quickly, a NASA scientist says. Top climate expert Jim Hansen says it’s crucial that within 4 years the next president change America—the world’s biggest carbon...http://www.newser.com/story/48244/obama-has-4-years-to-save-planet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 18 Jan 2009 17:00:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/37148/green-vandals-acquitted-on-climate-change-defense.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSix Greenpeace activists who vandalized a coal-fired power station in Britain have won acquittal using the threat of global warming as a defense, reports the Guardian . The activists, who caused more than $50,000 in damage to a smokestack, said they were trying to prevent property damage from the plant’s...http://www.newser.com/story/37148/green-vandals-acquitted-on-climate-change-defense.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 11 Sep 2008 11:25:00 CDT