It just gets gorier …
Al Gore is in the Aussie press again today. His meeting with Steve Bracks yesterday morning seems to have gone well.
”I’ve heard some very forward leaning positions here,” said Gore after a morning meeting with the Premier.
The Age, When Al met Steve
The fact that a previous international political leader met with an Australian local Premier is pretty awesome. Whilst I still think we can do heaps more, the lift in profile is definitely a useful one.
Gore has also commented on Howard’s push for nuclear energy.
“Mr Gore said nuclear power was unlikely to play a significantly bigger role in the climate change battle. “Even if you set aside the problem of long-term waste storage and the danger of operator accident and the vulnerability to terrorist attack, you still have two others that are more difficult,” he said.
The first problem was one of economics. [...] The second was nuclear weapons proliferation.”
The Age - The truth? ‘Nuclear is not the answer’
Instead of backing nuclear energy, he challenged Howard to stand up and join the rest of the world by adopting the Kyoto protocol. In Nairobi, they are beginning to discuss the next stage of the protocol. This is a prime opportunity for our Prime Minister to raise his concerns and contribute to the process which the rest of the world is now a part of.