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 Stories About: Al Gore AND climate AND climate change mitigation AND grassroots activism AND politics
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Al Gore calls for civil disobedience
Against climate polluters |
Glenn Hurowitz |
16 Aug 2007 |
Gristmill |
| From The New York Times's Nicholas Kristof ($ub req'd): I ran into Al Gore at a climate/energy conference this month, and he vibrates with passion about this issue -- recognizing that we should confront mortal threats even when they don't emanate from Al Qaeda. 'We are now treating the Earth's atmosphere as an open sewer,' he said, and (perhaps because my teenage son was beside me) he encouraged young people to engage in peaceful protests to block major new carb ... |
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| Topics: Al Gore, climate, climate change mitigation, grassroots activism, politics (all these topics) |
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