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Al Gore on Environmental Civil Disobedience

By Daniel Solis in Activism, Al Gore, Climate Change, Environment on August 17, 2007

Al Gore wants you to take a stand against large corporations who are building power plants that are harmful to the environment. He believes that climate change is as big a threat as even Al-Qaeda. His solution is to literally take a stand against these companies.

“I can’t understand why there aren’t rings of young people blocking bulldozers,” Mr. Gore said, “and preventing them from constructing coal-fired power plants.” [grist]

It is our future we should be worried about. I hate to sound cliche, but it really is necessary to our livelihood to finally stand up, and demand change. Gore is THE leader of the modern environmentalist movement. Al Gore, after you win the Nobel Peace Prize in December, please run for president.
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