Today I challenge our nation to commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from renewable energy and truly clean carbon-free sources within 10 years.
AL GORECivil disobedience has an honourable history, and when the urgency and moral clarity cross a certain threshold, then I think that civil disobedience is quite understandable, and it has a role to play.
More Al Gore Quotes
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Our way of life is at stake, our grandchildren are at stake, the future of civilization is at stake.
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We can believe in the future and work to achieve it and preserve it, or we can whirl blindly on, behaving as if one day there will be no children to inherit our legacy. The choice is ours; the earth is in balance.
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The climate crisis is not a political issue; it is a moral and spiritual challenge to all of humanity. It is also our greatest opportunity to lift global consciousness to a higher level.
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In order to solve the climate crisis, we need to solve the democracy crisis.
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A zebra does not change its spots.
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Consider what kind of car you get. Buy cars and other products that have the least impact environmentally.
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CO2 is the exhaling breath of our civilization, literally… Changing that pattern requires a scope, a scale, a speed of change that is beyond what we have done in the past.
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The planet is in distress and all of the attention is on Paris Hilton.
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The ‘well-informed citizenry is in danger of becoming the ‘well-amused audience’.
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Hurricane Sandy is a disturbing sign of things to come. We must heed this warning and act quickly to solve the climate crisis. Dirty energy makes dirty weather.
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A low voter turnout is an indication of fewer people going to the polls.
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For me, the most disturbing aspect of the Republican political culture is how it puts its unquenchable thirst for power, domination and a radical ideology above facts, reason and the truth.
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When fear displaces reason, the result is often irrational hatred and division.
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Believe in the power of your own voice. The more noise you make, the more accountability you demand from your leaders, the more our world will change for the better.
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The warnings about global warming have been extremely clear for a long time. We are facing a global climate crisis. It is deepening. We are entering a period of consequences.
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