The former vice president, speaking Saturday in Kansas City, cited many more recent examples how heavy use of fossil fuels is contributing to extreme weather events.
“Think about that,” he said. “The Dust Bowl is coming back, quickly, unless we act.”
Gore framed his remarks with references to two singers: Bob Dylan and the late Pete Seeger. Reciting a phrase from “The Times They Are a-Changin’ ” and later invoking Seeger’s memory, Gore urged those in attendance to write songs and spread a renewable energy message “all over this land.”Folk music, he added, “played a positive role in resolving the central question in civil rights, as to what was truly right and truly wrong.”
http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/22...te-change.html
“Think about that,” he said. “The Dust Bowl is coming back, quickly, unless we act.”
Gore framed his remarks with references to two singers: Bob Dylan and the late Pete Seeger. Reciting a phrase from “The Times They Are a-Changin’ ” and later invoking Seeger’s memory, Gore urged those in attendance to write songs and spread a renewable energy message “all over this land.”Folk music, he added, “played a positive role in resolving the central question in civil rights, as to what was truly right and truly wrong.”
http://www.kansascity.com/2014/02/22...te-change.html
Comment