In Sen. Testimony, Gore Calls for 'Decisive Action' on Climate

clipped from www.google.com Former Vice President Al Gore urged lawmakers Wednesday not to let the economic crisis get in the way of addressing global warming. Testifying before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the Nobel Peace Prize winner said Congress should pass President Barack Obama's economic stimulus package as a first step to bringing greenhouse gases under control. But Gore also pressed for "decisive action" on a bill to cap heat-trapping gases, saying that it is needed for the U.S. to take a leading role in negotiations on a new international climate treaty later this year. "We must face up to this urgent and unprecedented threat to the existence of our civilization at a time when our country must simultaneously solve two other worsening crises," Gore told the panel.

If we can't do this now, with a dem congress and executive, then we're never going to be able to do it. Besides, new technology means new markets and with them, new jobs. We need to do this for more than one reason.

Gore's full testimony is available here.