Gore gets signatures for climate change
Staff and agencies
18 March, 2007
By ERIK SCHELZIG, Associated Press Writer Fri Mar 16, 7:18 PM ET
NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Former Vice President Al Gore has collected nearly 300,000 electronic signatures asking Congress to take action on global warming, Gore said in an entry on his Web site Friday. Gore said the signatures demonstrate "that hundreds of thousands of people share my sense of urgency" on climate change. Gore is scheduled to testify before Congress about the issue Wednesday.
As of Friday morning, Gore‘s Web site had received 294,374 signatures. Gore called on supporters to urge friends and family to come up with enough new signatures for him to collect 350,000 by Wednesday.
Gore, who starred in the documentary film "An Inconvenient Truth" about global warming, has said repeatedly he has no plans to join the field of 2008 Democratic presidential aspirants.
Gore said there is a consensus on global warming among scientists.
Gore cited findings reported last month by the Intergovernmental Panel in Climate Change reported that global warming is so severe that it will "continue for centuries," leading to a far different planet in 100 years.
The panel, established by the United Nations , concluded that global warming is "very likely" caused by man, meaning more than 90 percent certain.
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Gore‘s Web site: algore.com
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