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...chief executives of large fossil fuel companies to [should] be put on trial for high crimes against humanity and nature [Hansen] accusing them of actively spreading doubt about global warming in the same way that tobacco companies blurred the links between smoking and cancer.

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James Hansen
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: March 29
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Some Democrats deserve to be criticized.
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