Gore urges U.S. Congress to take speedy action on global warming [2]
In a return he described as emotional, Gore testified before House panels [7] that it is not too late to deal with climate change "and we have everything we need to get started." He said it will require a ban on any new coal-burning power plants, which lack state-of-the-art controls to capture greenhouse gases.
Gore also said he foresees a revolution in small-scale electricity producers for replacing coal, likening the development to what the Internet has done for the exchange of information. He also advocated tougher fuel-economy standards for cars and trucks.
Gore has gained international recognition with his Oscar-winning documentary, "An Inconvenient Truth," as perhaps the leading spokesman on global warming.
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