Gore Calls For ‘Civil Disobedience’ To Stop Construction Of Coal Plants

Gore Calls For ‘Civil Disobedience’ To Stop Construction Of Coal Plants (Environmental Leader)

Al Gore is urging young people to stop the construction of coal plants without carbon capture and sequestration technology through acts of disobedience, Reuters reports.

This is interesting because many believe that 'war-like' measures are necessary to combat global warming. Such measures would primarily be directed at coal, which can potentially release more GHGs than all other fossil fuels combined. At the Tällberg Forum this summer, we prototyped the International "Coal Disarmament Commission" which would negotiate and enforce a ban or severe restrictions on coal mining by China, Russia, US, Germany and Australia.