Hansen calls for carbon tax

James S Murray
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"Godfather of global warming science" urges US Congress to embrace carbon taxes, impose a moratorium on non-CCS coal fired power stations and press charges against oil chiefs

One of the world's leading climate change scientists yesterday called for a major overhaul of US climate change policy, warning that there is just one or two years left for action to be taken before irreversible...

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