Al Gore Calls for Civil Disobedience Against Climate Polluters

[kpete]

Al Gore Calls for Civil Disobedience Against Climate Polluters
by glennhurowitz
Thu Aug 16, 2007 at 03:11:36 PM PDT
From The New York Times's Nicholas Kristof:
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/tsc.html?URI=http://select.nytimes.com/2007/08/16/opinion/16kristof.html&OQ=_rQ3D1&OP=42df5e15Q2FQ25uKQ7CQ25iQ5CzTTiQ25.MMQ2FQ25MxQ25@NQ25TnqLqTLQ25@NazqQ5CiTQ3BQ241iEQ5E

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."

Say it, Al! But it's not just young people who need to do it - everyone needs to join in, starting with you. Shutting down coal plants, blockading palm oil importers like Imperium Renewables and other rainforest destroyers, and stopping work at oil refineries could move the climate debate beyond just personal action and put the spotlight squarely on the big polluters who are the real culprits behind the problem.

This could be Al Gore's Gandhi moment...........

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/8/16/18917/1512

[marmar]

1. RadicAL! He's the man!

I'll do it....if in return he runs for president.

[malaise]

2. Run Al Run!

[Kurovski]

3. Yep. I'm witchoos.

K&R.

[IndyOp]

4. Tell Al *you* are ready to participate in civil disobedience...

Here: http://www.democracyinaction.com/dia/organizationsCOM/dcourage/campaign.jsp?campaign_KEY=1955

:patriot:

[rosesaylavee]

5. Thanks for the link!

I wish there was a website listing target areas to picket.

[RestoreGore]

8. Who is behind this site?

Just curious, because again it looks like this is simply being made about Democrats, when we really need to reach acroso the aisle on this. I am more than willing to stand up regarding this, but I think I will respond to Mr. Gore's website about it directly. Thanks.

[Harper_is_Bush]

6. kicked and RECOMMENDED. Thankyou Al. n/t

[RB TexLa]

7. Does he have some kind of financial arrangement with security companies?

After Live Earth, I got letters from oil companies they they were putting security patrols around our gas and oil wells.