Hansen, who heads Nasa’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies in New York, will speak on the twentieth anniversary of landmark speech he delivered to Congress about global warming. He accuses fossil fuel company heads of actively spreading disinformation about the causes of climate change.
He is urging a moratorium on new coal-fired power plants and the creation of a huge low-loss electric power grid to help wind and solar power compete against fossil fuels, the report said.
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