Buffett as Climate Oracle? Great, If He'd Take Job: Scientist
- James Hansen says billionaire may push global warming action
- Scientist plans Berkshire proposal on climate-change impacts
Warren Buffett.
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Warren Buffett would be a convincing advocate for doing more to combat global warming, according to a leading climate scientist. Convincing the billionaire to take up the cause may be more difficult.
James Hansen, a former NASA scientist who first brought climate change to the attention of Congress in the 1980s, said during a conference call Thursday that enacting carbon taxes to make fossil fuels as expensive as possible is a key way to cut greenhouse gases. And few others could articulate that argument better than Buffett, chairman of Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and the world’s third-richest person.