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Winds of Change Newsletter, September 2008 See sidebar for table of contents
Gore: Mountaintop Removal an Atrocity; Clean Energy Needed Now
At the Netroots Nation conference held this summer, Al
Gore said mountaintop removal is an atrocity and an outrage that is part
and parcel of the same dysfunctional energy system that is causing
global warming. He said this form of coal mining is facilitated by a
moral blindness that ignores the consequences of our energy consumption.
Gore noted that coal-to-liquid is insane. (Has he been
reading OVEC newsletters? Well, maybe the facts are just obvious...)
Gore said we need to commit to supplying 100 percent of our energy from
cheap, clean renewable sources in 10 years.
He emphasized that as we make the transition to
renewable energy, we should guarantee a job in the clean air and
sunshine for every coal miner that is affected by the transition.
Add your voice to the call for a transition into a
cleaner energy economy. See pol.moveon.org/gorechallenge/.
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