“There is a legend in our family that, shortly before his death, Einstein expressed regret in having contributed to the science that made the atomic bomb. In a conversation with our family friend, Leo Szillard, he said, “the ancient sages were right: it is better to do nothing.” Szillard, and other atomic scientists of those times, shared Einstein’s regret.
… the Pandora’s Box of geo-engineering should remain closed, and the international scientific community should undertake a self-imposed moratorium on further research of geo-engineering, endorsed by the United Nations.”
If you agree with Kari Polanyi Levitt that we shouldn’t now be further experimenting with the climate you can Join with the Hands Off Mother Earth Campaign here and add your hand to a global photo petition against geoengineering experiments.
