AFP: Al Gore issues global warming wake-up call (Cannes Film Festival)

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Al Gore issues global warming wake-up call

CANNES (AFP) - Former US vice president Al Gore issued a sharp wake-up call over global warming at the Cannes Film Festival, warning the earth was facing "a planetary emergency."

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"Hurricane Katrina was a wake-up call for many people who had heard that the scientists were warning that the hurricanes would get much stronger. These and other phenomenon that have long been predicted are now coming to pass.
"The key to solving this crisis depends upon the people demanding action and not just of a president, but of the Congress as well."

He said he believed a huge opportunity had been lost in the aftermath of the September 2001 terrorist attacks to wean the United States -- the world's largest single producer of C02 gases -- off its dependence on fossil fuels.

"I also believe that after 9/11 if, in addition to rallying the country and wisely invading Afghanistan to pursue Osama bin Laden, that if the president of the United States had said 'Let's become independent of oil and coal', that people would have responded to that."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060520/ts_afp/afpentertainmentfilm_060520181445

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1. but bushco used 9-11 to ratchet up the military-industrial complex and

explode oil use instead.

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2. Just more proof that there was no difference between Gore and Bush.

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3. Oh, you mean freakin'

Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee? I could have zapped him for spouting that falsehood all over the Nation!

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4. That'd be funny if it wasn't so tragic. NT

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5. Good for Al!!! He's trying to help save the world and

Bush is out to destroy it...

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6. Politician Gore appears at Cannes (BBC)

By Darren Waters
BBC News in Cannes

Former US vice-president Al Gore, who is at the Cannes Film Festival, has warned the world is facing a "planetary emergency" due to global warming.

A documentary based on the politician's environmental campaigning is being screened at the festival.

Mr Gore said the world faced a stark choice between the end of civilisation and a future for its children.

He also said he was not considering running again for presidential office in 2008.

"I don't plan to be a candidate again for national office," he said. "There are other ways to serve."
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more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4998856.stm

I sure hope we can change his mind about that bit in bold!!