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NRDC statement on Gore speech
Gore Issues Challenge for Electricity without Global Warming within Ten Years
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Press contact: Eric Young, NRDC, 202-289-2373 or 703-217-6814 (cell)
Gore Issues Challenge for Electricity without Global Warming within Ten Years
WASHINGTON
(July 17, 2008) -- In a major effort to move America to a clean energy
future, former Vice President Al Gore will today call on our nation
to produce electricity from sources free of global warming pollution,
a move that would put us on a path to a stronger U.S. economy, protect
jobs and dramatically reduce dangerous air pollution . Gore, winner of
the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize, is calling on the nation to do this within
ten years.
The following is a statement by David Hawkins, Director of Climate Programs at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC):
"Finally,
a clear and compelling call to do what is both possible and essential
to help solve the climate crisis. Al Gore's call for a truly clean
electric power fleet in a decade is the scale of action we need to
break the back of global warming. With a prompt action plan from
Congress, including a firm limit on global warming pollution, America
can reach this goal in time to help the world avoid the worst impacts
of a disrupted climate."
The
Natural Resources Defense Council is a national, nonprofit organization
of scientists, lawyers and environmental specialists dedicated to
protecting public health and the environment. Founded in 1970, NRDC has
1.2 million members and online activists, served from offices in New
York, Washington, Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Beijing.
