Copenhagen summit: Is there any real chance of averting the climate crisis? | Comment is free | The Observer
Governments must place a uniform rising price on carbon, collected at the fossil fuel source – the mine or port of entry. The fee should be given to the public in toto, as a uniform dividend, payroll tax deduction or both. Such a tax is progressive –...

James Hansen Talks About Climate Change | Newsweek Environment | Newsweek.com
What you want to do is address [climate change] in the most cost-effective way possible, which is to put a price on carbon. For example, there's a program to let people fold the cost of improving the energy of their home or of adding clean energy...

Copenhagen climate change talks must fail, says top scientist | Environment | The Guardian
In Hansen's view, dealing with climate change allows no room for the compromises that rule the world of elected politics. "This is analagous to the issue of slavery faced by Abraham Lincoln or the issue of Nazism faced by Winston...