Gore Urges CampaignTo Stop Construction of Coal Plants

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Al Gore has called for a campaign of civil disobedience to stop the construction of new coal-fired power plants that lack the technology to capture carbon and store it underground. Speaking at the annual meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative, Gore said, “(T)he world has lost ground to the climate crisis… I believe we have reached the stage where it is time for civil disobedience to prevent the construction of new coal plants that do not have carbon capture and sequestration.” The former U.S. vice-president also called on attorneys general in individual states to investigate whether utility companies could be prosecuted for stock fraud if they continue to play down the urgency of the climate crisis and coal’s role in it. Gore, who shared the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, made his remarks while addressing the opening session of former President Bill Clinton’s Global Initiative, which assembles leaders from various fields to address the world’s most pressing problems.