Al Gore’s Gandhi moment
From the New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof:
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 carbon sources.
“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.”
Gristmill calls it Al Gore’s Gandhi moment.
I don’t know about that. But maybe Rochestarians should take his words to heart.
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Gore is right. Coal-fired power plants are a leading cause of asthma.