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In a speech at Washington's Constitution Hall today, Al Gore called for an ambitious commitment to renewable and carbon-free energy sources. CNN reported on the speech, in which Gore explained, "It is only a truly dysfunctional system that would buy into the perverse logic that the short-term answer to high gasoline prices is drilling for more oil 10 years from now."
In response to today's speech and Al Gore’s crucial efforts to address the climate crisis, Senator Obama released the following statement:
For decades, Al Gore has challenged the skeptics in Washington on climate change and awakened the conscience of a nation to the urgency of this threat. I strongly agree with Vice President Gore that we cannot drill our way to energy independence, but must fast-track investments in renewable sources of energy like solar power, wind power and advanced biofuels, and those are the investments I will make as President. It’s a strategy that will create millions of new jobs that pay well and cannot be outsourced, and one that will leave our children a world that is cleaner and safer.
Learn more about Barack's plan to create a new energy economy . . .