Copenhagen: Al Gore issues Bold Challenge to US Leaders

Yesterday, Speaking at the United Nations Climate Change Conference Al Gore issued a bold challenge to Members of Congress to pass clean energy and climate legislation in the United States by 22 April 2010, the 40th anniversary of Earth Day.

In an inspiring speech that ended with a standing ovation, Ex-Vice President Gore made it startlingly clear that the future of human civilization as we know it, is what’s at stake here, a future that hangs in the balance while the United States debates its next steps.

Several leaders of nations from around the world have throughout the week also called for bold action including fellow Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Gore issued his challenge to the United States Senate, pressing U.S. leaders to step forward and take responsibility for enacting bold solutions to the climate crisis:

"We have the means to secure our future. The question we must answer is whether or not we have the political will."

"...I will ask those among my fellow citizens who share my sense of urgency to join in asking President Obama and the leadership of the United States Senate to set a deadline of April 22, 2010 -- the 40th anniversary of Earth Day -- for final action of US legislation."

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