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(27,509 posts) Tue Nov 13, 2012, 09:27 PM Nov 2012

Al Gore calls on Barack Obama to 'act boldly' on climate change [View all]

Source: Guardian

The former vice-president and climate champion, Al Gore, has called on Barack Obama to seize the moment and use his re-election victory to push through bold action on climate change.

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The vice-president's intervention for a carbon tax could give critical support to an idea that has gained currency since the election – at least among Washington thinktanks. The conservative American Enterprise Institute held an all-day seminar on the carbon tax on Tuesday.

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Gore will ratchet up his own pressure on Wednesday evening when he hosts a 24-hour live online broadcast from New York city on the connections between climate change and extreme events such as Sandy.

The Dirty Weather Report, produced by his Climate Reality Project, will kick off with footage from New Jersey's devastated shore and interviews with governors Chris Christie and Andrew Cuomo. It begins at 8pm eastern time.

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Read more: http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/nov/13/al-gore-barack-obama-climate-change

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notice this is in the Guardian & not the fossil fuel network CNN sasha031 Nov 2012 #1

Agreed, but first focus on jobs still_one Nov 2012 #2

There will be plenty of jobs once the drought induced famine hits NoOneMan Nov 2012 #3

A lot of people are hurting badly right now, and if they don't focus on jobs first, there will not still_one Nov 2012 #4

Seeking a job for the end of the world NoOneMan Nov 2012 #5

I do not think we can, the media will not be with us. If the economy visibly shows recovery, and still_one Nov 2012 #7

We must keep our powder dry NoOneMan Nov 2012 #9

I am not saying it should not be done, I am saying timing is everything still_one Nov 2012 #10

Yes, timing. progressoid Nov 2012 #11

Timing is nothing... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #25

if timing is everything... mrf901 Nov 2012 #28

I concur. Even after all this time, it's still the Economy; all the stupid out there, take note. Demeter Nov 2012 #6

I believe in climate change, however, that will not trump jobs now. We have a two year window, and still_one Nov 2012 #8

Environment and jobs are not not opposites. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #12

Don't you think a whole lotta oil needs to be burned to build that stuff? NoOneMan Nov 2012 #13

But it's building stuff that will let us then greatly reduce the amount of oil we burn in the limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #14

Itll take decades to reach carbon neutrality NoOneMan Nov 2012 #15

The longer we wait to switch, the worse it will be. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #16

Im suggesting you have to burn oil to do it NoOneMan Nov 2012 #18

Burn oil to build things that will allow us to stop burning oil. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #19

Common sense or common myth NoOneMan Nov 2012 #20

Already limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #22

My suggestion is easy NoOneMan Nov 2012 #23

So are you suggesting a sort of limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #24

oh, is that too ghastly? NoOneMan Nov 2012 #27

Does that mean we can't have hospitals, x-ray machines and canned soup? limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #29

Can your own NoOneMan Nov 2012 #30

want me to build my own x-ray machine too? limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #31

Eat your veggies and chill out NoOneMan Nov 2012 #32

You are advocating the end of civilization, a very weird, radical view. limpyhobbler Nov 2012 #33

Thank you NoOneMan Nov 2012 #34

There is no reason to worry about... awoke_in_2003 Nov 2012 #26

Everyone who has ever trashed the planet has done so in the name of jobs XemaSab Nov 2012 #21

You have it about face ... Nihil Nov 2012 #36

How about green energy jobs? tinrobot Nov 2012 #17

Nature Bats Last triplepoint Nov 2012 #35