Need help finding this - hope you can help...

[rosesaylavee]

Do any of you know of the list of actions we need to take as a country that Gore presented - I think last spring? I have looked on his many many websites for this and am not finding anything other than what individuals can and/or need to be doing. Wasn't there a Seven Point Plan or something like that?

Thanks for your help!

[Pastiche423]

1. Is this what you mean?

June 30, 2007 12:00am


THE PLEDGES

1. To demand that my country join an international treaty within the next two years that cuts global warming pollution by 90% in developed countries and by more than half worldwide

2. To take personal action to help solve the climate crisis by reducing my own CO2 pollution

3. To fight for a moratorium on the construction of any new generating facility that burns coal without the capacity to safely trap and store the CO2

4. To work for a dramatic increase in the energy efficiency of my home, workplace, school, place of worship and means of transportation

5. To fight for laws and policies that expand the use of renewable energy sources

6. To plant new trees and to join with others in preserving and protecting forests

7. To buy from businesses and support leaders who share my commitment to solving the climate crisis

[rosesaylavee]

2. no - I think I have it here:

http://fypower.org/news/?p=1017

1) Immediately freeze carbon emissions at the existing level; then implement programs to reduce it 90% by 2050.

2) Reduce taxes on employment and production, instead taxing pollution (especially CO2). These pollution taxes would raise the same amount of money, but make us more competitive by encouraging employment while discouraging pollution.

3) A portion of the revenues must be earmarked for low-income and middle class people who will have a difficult time making this transition.

4) Negotiate a strong global treaty to replace Kyoto, while working toward de facto compliance with Kyoto. Move the start date of this new treaty forward from 2012 to 2010, so the next president can act immediately, rather than waste time trying to pass Kyoto right before it expires. We have to try to get China and India to participate in the treaty. If they don’t immediately participate, we have to move forward with the treaty regardless, trusting that they will join sooner rather than later.

5) Impose a moratorium on construction of any new coal-fired power plant not compatible with carbon capture and sequestration.

6) Develop an “electranet” — a smart grid that allows individual homeowners and small businesses to create green power and sell their excess power to the utility companies at a fair price. Just as widely distributed information processing led to a large new surge of productivity, we need a law that allows widely distributed energy generation to be sold into the grid, at a rate determined not by a the utility companies, but by regulation. The goal is to create a grid that does not require huge, centralized power plants.

7) Raise CAFE standards for cars and trucks as part of a comprehensive package. Cars and trucks are a large part of the problem, but coal and buildings must be addressed at the same time.

8) Set a date for the ban of incandescent light bulbs (Power Plug, 1/31/07) that gives industry time to create alternatives. If the date is set, industry will meet this challenge.

9) Create Connie Mae, a carbon-neutral mortgage association. Connie Mae will defer the costs of things like insulation and energy efficient windows which cut carbon but are often not used by builders or renovators because they add to the upfront costs of homes, only paying for themselves after several years of energy savings.

10) The SEC should require disclosure of carbon emissions in corporate reporting.
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He presented it at his congressional visit last March. I have an idea forming in my head that I will post later today. Thanks for your help!

[rodbailey]

3. Now

you've got the rest of us waiting with bated breath. Does the Gore site always have to be the one where we have trouble breathing?

[rosesaylavee]

4. Nah... just an idea I had.

We are getting so used to suspense aren't we? Just finishing with my work for the day. Will post my idea this evening. Really. Don't hold your breath. It's just me. :)